Doris (; ), in Greek mythology, was a sea goddess. She was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, daughters of the Titans OceanusAelian, De Natura Animalium 14.28 and Tethys.Hesiod, Theogony 350; Apollodorus, 1.8

Etymology The name Doris is derived from the noun for a gift, , 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,Hesiod, Theogony 240; Apollodorus 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface including Thetis, Amphitrite and Galatea.Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.742 ff. According to Aelian, she and Nereus also had a son, Nerites.

Namesake Doris Cove in Antarctica is named after the goddess.Doris Cove. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

See also 48 Doris

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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. . 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.

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