Doris (Oceanid)
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Doris (/ˈdoʊrɪs/; Ancient Greek: Δωρίς, romanized: Dōrís, lit. '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, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom of the same meaning.
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.
Family
As an Oceanid, Doris is sister to the three thousand river gods. By her husband Nereus she is the mother of the fifty Nereids,[4] including Thetis, Amphitrite and Galatea.[5] According to Aelian, she and Nereus also had a son, Nerites.[2]
Namesake
Doris Cove in Antarctica is named after the goddess.[6]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 41.
- 1 2 Aelian, De Natura Animalium 14.28
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 350; Apollodorus, 1.8
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 240; Apollodorus 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.742 ff.
- ↑ Doris Cove. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
References
- Aelian, 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; Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Kerenyi, Karl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library; Latin text available from the same website.
External links
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