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Dorus
In
Greek mythology
,
Dorus
is a son of
Hellen
who was the
eponymous founder
of the
Dorians
. Each of
Hellen
's sons founded a primary tribe of Greece:
Aeolus
the
Aeolians
, Dorus the
Dorians
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. According to the
Bibliotheke
, "Dorus received the country over against Peloponnese and called the settlers Dorians after himself."
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