What languages were spoken in ancient Greece?

Answer 1

Being Greek meant that you spoke Greek. There were several dialects used by the different peoples who made up the Greek world - mainly Aeolic, Doric and Ionian, but it became based on Classical Greek 2500 years ago.
The ancient Greeks spoke a language that we call Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greece people speak Greek and who ever didn't know that now knows.
Greek.
In Ancient Greece, people spoke Ancient Greek--for the Archaic and Classical periods. For the time period around Alexander the great and the New Testament, a language known as Koine Greek was spoken.
Basicall, yes, however like English today, there were many dialects.
Greeks spoke ancient greek in ancient times, which has slowly evolved into modern greek
Only if their professional life required it. The word 'barbarian' applied to non-Greeks derived from a saying that foreign languages sounded like 'bar-bar-bar'.
Originally, ancient Greece had several different languages and dialects. The main three languages were Aeolic, Ionic and Doric, with their various dialects.

When Athens came into power, Attic Greek was spoken. Attic Greek is the language of the Greek classics.

When Alexander the Great amassed his army, he standardized the language so his troops could understand one another. This became Hellenistic Greek or Koine Greek. This was the Greek that became the cultured and diplomatic language of the ancient world. This is the language of the New Testament and the Septuagint.
greek

Ancient Greek language laid the foundation for all the modern European languages. The first Europeans to use alphabets to read and write were the ancient Greeks. There are a couple of theories relating to the origin of ancient Greek language. Some scholars and historians believe Proto-Greek speakers who had migrated to the Greek peninsula somewhere in 2500 BC founded the ancient Greek language. There is another theory that says Greek language was formulated before the migration of the Proto-Greeks into Greece.

Answer 2

In ancient Greece people spoke Greek.