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Languages of archaic Greece
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The pattern of languages spoken in archaic Greece supports the thesis of a substantial migration from Northern Greece. A form of Greek similar to that of the Linear B tablets was the common language of the Peloponnese in the prehistoric period. After the Dorian invasion, this archaic dialect could be found in the Peloponnese in Arcadia and Cyprus, but elsewhere Dorian Greek is spoken. The Dorians later took Melos, Thera, Crete, Rhodes and Kos. Athenian tradition maintains that the Acropolis did not fall to the Dorians. It is said that the Dorian attack via Boetia was repulsed by Melanthos, who was a grandson of Nestor who took refuge in Athens. Thereafter, Kodros, the son of Melanthos, repelled an attack from the South. However, it is likely that Athens was attacked by Dorians who settled in western Attica and Salamis prior to the final destruction of Salamis. The lower town of Athens was captured, and there may have been some kind of siege in the Acropolis. However, it is also likely that there was some kind of negotiated settlement with the invaders. A Dorian city, Megara, was established on the border of Attica. Furthermore, whilst Athens did survive the attack, no other part of Attica did. All the sites of local bronze-age princes were abandoned during the troubled period.
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