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- Instance of
- water deity
- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Nereus
- Father
- Oceanus
- Mother
- Tethys
- Image
- Sea thiasos Doris Glyptothek Munich 239 front n2.jpg
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- Doris (mythology)
- name in native language
- Δωρίς
- worshipped by
- Ancient Greek religion
- unmarried partner
- Zeus
- different from
- Doris
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Encyclopedic overview
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 (/ˈdoʊrɪs/; Ancient Greek: Δωρίς/Δωρίδος means 'bounty'), in Greek mythology, was a sea goddess. She was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Doris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.