Dorus (mythology)
InGreek mythology,Dorus[pronunciation?](Ancient Greek:Δῶρος,romanized:Doros,lit. 'probably derived fromdoron‘gift' may refer to the following characters:
- Dorus, anEgyptianprince as the son of KingEpaphusofEgypt.He was the father ofPygmaeus,ancestor of the tribe ofPygmies.[1]
- Dorus,founder of the Dorian nation.[2]
- Dorus, theAetolianson ofApolloandPhthia,and brother ofLaodocusandPolypoites.He was the father ofXanthippe,who marriedPleuron,son ofAetolus,the man who killed Dorus and his brothers.[3]
- Dorus, father ofCleues,a descendant ofAgamemnon.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^Stephanus of Byzantium,s.v.Pygmaioi (Πυγμαῖοι)
- ^Apollodorus,1.7.3
- ^Apollodorus,1.7.6-7
- ^Strabo,13.1.3
References
[edit]- Apollodorus,The Librarywith 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.
- Strabo,The Geography of Strabo.Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo,Geographicaedited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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