Dorus (disambiguation)

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In Greek mythology, Dorus is the name of several individuals:

  1. Dorus was a son of Hellen and founder of the Dorian nation. Each of Hellen's sons founded a primary tribe of Greece - Aeolus the Aeolians, Dorus the Dorians and Xuthus the Achaeans (from Xuthus's son Achaeus) and the Ionians (from Xuthus's probably illegitimate son Ionas ) together with his sister's Pandora's sons with Zeus and according to Hesiod's (probably) "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or "Catalogue of Women"[1], Graecus the Graecians, Makedon the Makedones and Magnetas (or Magnis) the Magnetes. Dorus was killed by Apis when he tried to invade the Peloponnese.
  2. Dorus was the son of Apollo and Phthia, and the father of Xanthippe.
  3. Dorus was the son of Xuthus and Creusa.

It is also the stage name of Dutch comedian Tom Manders.

A doru is allegedly a type of spear.

Dorus is Scottish gaelic for "Door"

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  1. ^ Hesiod (probably), "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or "Catalogue of Women", c.650 BC.

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