No this isn't true. Before the Archaic period, there was the Mycenaean civilization in the area of Greece. The Mycenaeans where Greeks and all the heroes of Homer are from this age. Before them, there was the Minoan civilization, centered in Crete. There was no such thing as Phoenician colonization of Greece.PS: Thebes and other cities were most likely Phoenician colonies during the very archaic years, only to be conquered by Greeks and settled. Thebes was one of them according to this theory.
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