Doris (Oceanid)

Short description: 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 Greek mythology

Doris (/ˈdoʊrɪs/; 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]

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Function
* 3 Family
* 4 Namesake
* 5 See also
* 6 Notes
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## 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

* 48 Doris

## Notes

1. ↑ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 41.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Aelian, De Natura Animalium 14.28
3. ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 350; Apollodorus, 1.8
4. ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 240; Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
5. ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.742 ff.
6. ↑ Doris Cove. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

## 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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