{i} resident of Doris (region in ancient Greece); member of the Dorians (one of the four main divisions of ancient Greeks); male or female first name
{s} of or pertaining to Doris (region in ancient Greece); of or pertaining to the Dorians
Any member of a major division of the ancient Greeks. Coming from the north and northwest, they conquered the Peloponnese 1100-1000 BC, overran the remnants of the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations, and ushered in a dark age that lasted almost three centuries, until the rise of the Greek city-states. They had their own dialect and were organized into three tribes. Patterns of settlement determined their alliances in later Greek conflicts. To Greek culture they gave the Doric order of architecture, the tragic choral lyric, and a militarized aristocratic government. They assimilated into Greek societies in some cases, but in Sparta and Crete they held power and resisted cultural advancement
a novel by Oscar Wilde about a beautiful young man, Dorian Gray, who has a painting of himself that he keeps in the attic (=a room under the roof) of his house. Dorian Gray's own face remains young and beautiful, but the face in the painting looks older and more ugly as Gray becomes more and more evil and immoral (1891)