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| − | The '''Dorians''' were one of the groups or tribes into which the ancient Greeks (Hellenes) divided themselves. They were said to have migrated from a region known as '''[[Doris]]''' north of the country into central Greece "80 years after the [[Trojan War]]": the central part of Greece is '''[[Doris]]'''. Their best-known state was [[Sparta]]: they also colonized many [[Aegean]] islands, notably Crete after the fall of the [[Minoan]] civilization in the catastrophic eruption of Santorini (or Thera) eruption in the fifteenth century BCE. | + | The '''Dorians''' were one of the groups or tribes into which the ancient Greeks (Hellenes) divided themselves. They were said to have migrated from a region known as '''[[Doris]]''' north of the country into central Greece "80 years after the [[Trojan War]]": the central part of Greece is also called '''[[Doris]]'''. Their best-known state was [[Sparta]]: they also colonized many [[Aegean]] islands, notably Crete after the fall of the [[Minoan]] civilization in the catastrophic eruption of Santorini (or Thera) eruption in the fifteenth century BCE. |
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| + | The word '''dorian''' can be used as a [[noun]], to label one of the people associated with Doris, or the tribe or its [[dialect]], or as an [[adjective]] to describe the same, their perceived qualities or certain conventional relations (below). The [[adjective]] is more or less interchangeable with its form '''doric''', but some usages are more usually linked with one form or the other. | ||
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| + | *The '''Doric''' [[dialect]] of ancient Greece was dominant in southern and western Greece and much of the [[archipelago]] in historic times, although it is supposed to have originated in the north-west of the country. | ||
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| + | *'''Doric''' is one of the three '''orders''' of classical architecture, the other two being [[Ionic]] and [[Corinthian]]. It is characterized by comparative simplicity, the columns being thick and resting directly on the floor below, rather than a separate base; the capital is simple, formed of rings under a cushion-like 'echinus' and a flat square plain 'abacus'. (For more technical information, try 'Doric Order' in [[Curl, 2006]].) | ||
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Pastoral poetry, a genre created by Theocritus, is mostly written in an artificial Doric made up of a variety of forms, some in general use, some purely local, others made up by false analogies; it also has a sprinkling of Aeolic and epic features. The modern sense of Doric meaning ‘rustic’ derives from the use of this dialect in pastoral poetry. "'dialects' The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Ed. M.C. Howatson and Ian Chilvers. Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of Hull. 9 May 2010 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t9.e940> | Pastoral poetry, a genre created by Theocritus, is mostly written in an artificial Doric made up of a variety of forms, some in general use, some purely local, others made up by false analogies; it also has a sprinkling of Aeolic and epic features. The modern sense of Doric meaning ‘rustic’ derives from the use of this dialect in pastoral poetry. "'dialects' The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Ed. M.C. Howatson and Ian Chilvers. Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of Hull. 9 May 2010 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t9.e940> | ||
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The Dorians were one of the groups or tribes into which the ancient Greeks (Hellenes) divided themselves. They were said to have migrated from a region known as Doris north of the country into central Greece "80 years after the Trojan War": the central part of Greece is also called Doris. Their best-known state was Sparta: they also colonized many Aegean islands, notably Crete after the fall of the Minoan civilization in the catastrophic eruption of Santorini (or Thera) eruption in the fifteenth century BCE.
The word dorian can be used as a noun, to label one of the people associated with Doris, or the tribe or its dialect, or as an adjective to describe the same, their perceived qualities or certain conventional relations (below). The adjective is more or less interchangeable with its form doric, but some usages are more usually linked with one form or the other.
- The Doric dialect of ancient Greece was dominant in southern and western Greece and much of the archipelago in historic times, although it is supposed to have originated in the north-west of the country.
- Doric is one of the three orders of classical architecture, the other two being Ionic and Corinthian. It is characterized by comparative simplicity, the columns being thick and resting directly on the floor below, rather than a separate base; the capital is simple, formed of rings under a cushion-like 'echinus' and a flat square plain 'abacus'. (For more technical information, try 'Doric Order' in Curl, 2006.)
Pastoral poetry, a genre created by Theocritus, is mostly written in an artificial Doric made up of a variety of forms, some in general use, some purely local, others made up by false analogies; it also has a sprinkling of Aeolic and epic features. The modern sense of Doric meaning ‘rustic’ derives from the use of this dialect in pastoral poetry. "'dialects' The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Ed. M.C. Howatson and Ian Chilvers. Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of Hull. 9 May 2010 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t9.e940>
