Did Archimedes speak the Attic dialect?

Doric dialect, also called West Greek, a dialect of Ancient Greek that in Mycenaean times was spoken by seminomadic Greeks living around the Pindus Mountains. read more

Attic Greek is the Greek dialect of ancient Attica, including the city of Athens. Of the ancient dialects, it is the most similar to later Greek and is the standard form of the language that is studied in ancient Greek language courses. read more

Attic Greek, a sub- or sister-dialect of Ionic, was for centuries the language of Athens. Because Attic was adopted in Macedon before the conquests of Alexander the Great and the subsequent rise of Hellenism, it became the"standard" dialect that evolved into the Koiné. read more

Attic Greek is the Greek dialect of ancient Attica, including the city of Athens. Of the ancient dialects, it is the most similar to later Greek and is the standard form of the language that is studied in ancient Greek language courses. Attic Greek is sometimes included in the Ionic dialect. Together, Attic and Ionic are the primary influences on Modern Greek. read more

Although Archimedes was Syracusan and would have spoken a Doric dialect, it's possible that his remark was distorted in retelling over a long period of time, and that in the retelling it was reshaped to sound more like standard literary Doric, or, as you suggest, an Attic version was recast in a Doric form. read more