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Doris

noun

(Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.

A small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken.

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"Doris" Quotes from Famous Books

... Thessaly the road runs along the coast through the narrow pass of Thermopylae, between the sea and a lofty range of mountains. The district along the coast was inhabited by the EASTERN LOCRIANS, while to their west were DORIS and PHOCIS, the greater part of the latter being occupied by Mount Parnassus, the abode of the Muses, upon the slopes of which lay the town of Delphi with its celebrated oracle of Apollo. South of ...

— A Smaller History of Greece • William Smith

... zur Htten, (da kein Laster thronet, Die Ruh' und Wollust unsichtbar bewohnet,) Weil seine Doris, die nur ...

— An anthology of German literature • Calvin Thomas

... Arethuse to her forsaken urn From Alpheus and the bitter Doris run, Or could the morning shafts of purest light 10 Again into the quivers of the Sun Be gathered—could one thought from its wild flight Return into the temple of the brain Without a change, without a stain,— Could aught that is, ever again 15 ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley

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