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Dorus, in Greek myth, son of Hellen, the eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes (Greeks), himself the son of Deucalion. Hellen became, by the nymph Orses, the father of the mythical ancestors of the three great branches of the Greek race, Aeolus (of the Aeolians), Xuthus (of the Achaeans and Ionians), and Dorus (of the Dorians). | Dorus, in Greek myth, son of Hellen, the eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes (Greeks), himself the son of Deucalion. Hellen became, by the nymph Orses, the father of the mythical ancestors of the three great branches of the Greek race, Aeolus (of the Aeolians), Xuthus (of the Achaeans and Ionians), and Dorus (of the Dorians). | ||
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Doris is a proper noun, with several denotations.
- As a forename, it is used for girls - not often nowadays. As its first use in English (the Latin writer Juvenal used it as a name for his mistress, is recorded in Withycombe as being 1819, its fashion has been brief. In early use it was pronounced in a way that reflects a Greek origin, (Δωρἰς) with a long '-o-': 'DOH-ris' (IPA: /ˈdaʊr ɪs/: now it is always 'DORR-is' )(/ˈdɒr ɪs/). Its meaning may be 'a woman of the Dorian tribe, suggesting a learned origin in classical scholarship, or i may belong to the mythical character.
- In Greek mythology, Doris was a minor goddess of the sea, the consort of Nereus and the mother of his daughters, the Nereids or sea-nymphs, who numbered fifty (in some versions, more).
Dorus, in Greek myth, son of Hellen, the eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes (Greeks), himself the son of Deucalion. Hellen became, by the nymph Orses, the father of the mythical ancestors of the three great branches of the Greek race, Aeolus (of the Aeolians), Xuthus (of the Achaeans and Ionians), and Dorus (of the Dorians).
"Dōrus" The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature <http://www.oxfordreference.com/search?siteToSearch=oso&q=Dorus&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true>
