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Goddess in Greek mythology
Doris riding a
hippocampus and carrying two torches to light the wedding cortege of
Poseidon and
Amphitrite , base of a sculpted group, end 2nd century BC,
Munich
Glyptothek museum (Inv. 239).
Detail of Floor Mosaic from a Roman Villa named the House of Aion, ca. mid 4th Century CE at
Paphos Archaeological Park ,
Paphos ,
Cyprus , depicting Doris,
Thetis , and
Galatea
Doris (;
Ancient Greek : Δωρίς/Δωρίδος means 'bounty'
[1] ), in
Greek mythology , was a sea goddess. She was one of the 3,000
Oceanids , daughters of the
Titans
Oceanus
[2] and
Tethys .
[3]
Etymology
The name Doris is derived from the noun for a gift, δῶρον, from
proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom of the same meaning.[
citation needed ]
Function
When not associated with a god, Doris represented the fertility of the ocean, goddess of the rich fishing-grounds found at the mouths of rivers where fresh water mingled with the brine.[
citation needed ]
Family
Being an
Oceanid meant she was a sister of the
river gods . By her husband
Nereus , Doris was the mother of
Nerites
[2] and mother to the fifty
Nereids ,
[4] including
Thetis ,
Amphitrite and
Galatea .
[5]
Namesake
Doris Cove in
Antarctica is named after the goddess.
[6]
See also
Notes
References
Apollodorus , The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
ISBN
0-674-99135-4 .
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
Claudius Aelianus , On the Characteristics of Animals , translated by Alwyn Faber Scholfield (1884-1969), from Aelian, Characteristics of Animals , published in three volumes by Harvard/Heinemann, Loeb Classical Library, 1958.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Claudius Aelianus , De Natura Animalium, Latin translation by Friedrich Jacobs in the Frommann edition, Jena, 1832.
Latin translation available at Bill Thayer's Web Site
Claudius Aelianus , De Natura Animalium, Rudolf Hercher. Lipsiae, in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1864.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Hesiod , Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
Kerényi, Carl , The Gods of the Greeks , Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
Publius Ovidius Naso , Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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