In Greek mythology, Dorus ( probably derived from doron "gift") was the eponymous founder of the Dorians and son of Hellen and Orseïs.
Each of Hellen's sons founded a primary tribe of Greece: Aeolus the Aeolians, Dorus the DoriansPseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 587 ff. and Xuthus the Achaeans (from Xuthus's son Achaeus) and Ionians (from Xuthus's adopted son Ion, in truth a son of the god Apollo), aside from his sister Pandora's sons with Zeus. In the account... more
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