 Agamemnon himself gave Arcadia the ships for the Trojan war because Arcadia did not have a navy.Due to its remote, mountainous character, Arcadia seems to have been a cultural refuge.When, during the Greek Dark Age (c. 1200 BC – 800 BC), Doric Greek dialects were introduced to the Peloponnese, the older language apparently survived in Arcadia, and formed part of the Arcado-Cypriot group of Greek dialects.