Doris
The Oceanid · Wife of Nereus · Mother of the Nereids
Doris in Greek tradition
Fifty Nereid nymphs trace their parentage to Doris and the sea god Nereus. Doris is a sea nymph and one of the Oceanids, the daughters of the Titan god Oceanus and his sister Tethys. Her nature is therefore linked to both the sea and the Oceanids.
Doris belongs to the family of Nereus and serves mainly as the mother of the Nereids. Among her daughters are Amphitrite, Thetis and Galatea. Amphitrite became the wife of Poseidon and the mother of Triton. Thetis became the mother of Achilles. Galatea was loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus. Doris has no separate myth in these passages as a central figure. Her place is in the ancestry of the Nereids and in the sea-god family formed with Nereus.
The quick answers
Who is Doris?
Doris is a Greek being.Source
Source
- Classical Mythology a to Z
- Bullfinch Mythology - The Age of Fable
What family links are recorded for Doris?
Father: Oceanus, Mother: Tethys, Spouse: Nereus, 18 children.
Doris’s family, at a glance
The names Doris answers to
Oceanid
Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys
SourceClassical Mythology a to Z
Wife of Nereus
Consort of the sea-god Nereus
SourceBullfinch Mythology - The Age of Fable
Mother of the Nereids
Mother of the sea nymphs known as the Nereids
SourceBullfinch Mythology - The Age of Fable
Where Doris is mentioned
Mentioned in
Stories elsewhere on MythSource that mention Doris, each on that figure’s page.
- Acis, Galatea, and Polyphemus · on Acis
- The Birth of Chiron · on Chiron
- Clytie and Helios · on Clytie
- Cronus and Philyra · on Cronus
- Cronus Vomits Up the Gods · on Cronus
- Demeter's Release from Cronus · on Demeter
- Electra’s Marriage to Thaumas · on Electra
- The Birth of the Charites · on Eurynome
- Hera's Fosterage by Oceanus and Tethys · on Hera
- The Birth and Release of Hestia · on Hestia
- The Birth of Lapith · on Lapith
- Galatea and the Death of Acis · on Nereids
- Nereus and Doris · on Nereus
- The Birth of Nereus · on Nereus
- Oceanus Stays Out of the Titanomachy · on Oceanus
- The Birth of Oceanus · on Oceanus
- The Marriage of Oceanus and Tethys · on Oceanus
- Polyphemus Courts Galatea · on Polyphemus
- Poseidon and Amphitrite · on Poseidon
- The Secret of Thetis · on Prometheus
- The Marriage of Thetis and Peleus · on Thetis
- Thetis and the Prophecy of the Greater Son · on Thetis
- Zeus Frees His Siblings · on Zeus
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