Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ba mu ji komai game da Larisa a zamanin Archaic Girka daga tushen wallafe-wallafenmu ba, amma abubuwan da aka gano a Limantepe sun nuna aikin Girka daga ƙarshen karni na 8 BC. A cikin 427 BC Larisa na ɗaya daga cikin biranen da ake kira Actaean wanda Athens ta karɓa daga Mytilene bayan ƙarshen
Tawaye na Mytilenean, kuma ya bayyana a cikin kimantawar haraji na Atheniya a cikin 425/424 BC da 422/421 BC. A cikin 425/424 BC yana da ƙimar talanti 3, adadi mai yawa idan aka kwatanta da sauran biranen Troad. A matsayin tsohon memba na Mytilenean peraia, ana tunanin cewa Helenawa waɗanda suka fara zama a Larisa sun fito ne daga Mytilene, kamar yadda ya faru da sauran biranen Actaean. An yi amfani da gurbatacciyar hanyar Strabo don a maimakon haka ya goyi bayan ra'ayin cewa Larisa da maƙwabcinta zuwa arewa Kolonai sun kasance a cikin peraia na tsibirin Tenedos, amma masana yanzu sun fi son mayar da Lesbos a cikin rata. Larisa ta sake shiga cikin Daular Farisa a cikin 399 BC kafin a sake sakin ta daga Spartan Dercylidas a cikin 398 BC.