In this paper I examine in detail two features found in Thasian inscriptions: the loss of word-initial aspiration (psilosis) and the analogical interweaving of masculine ā- and s-stems. Since both characteristics are marginally attested in the text of Archilochus, I will argue that Thasos may have played a role in the transmission of his work and that this evidence may correlate to other archaeological, religious and historical data. Although a cult of Archilochus in Thasos is still to be found, his poetry may have been preserved in the context of the rituals performed by the Thasians in honor of his family and other fellow Parian pioneers, as well as in the religious ceremonials brought from Paros by Archilochus and the first colonizers. This hypothesis adds some support to the idea that just like his family (Telesikles and Tellis) and his companion Glaukos, Archilochus and his compositions were still a fundamental part of the local traditions in Thasos.