Doris (; Δωρίς), an
Oceanid, was a sea
nymph in
Greek mythology, whose name represented the bounty of the sea. She was the daughter of
Oceanus and
Tethys and the wife of
Nereus. She was also aunt to
Atlas, the titan who was made to carry the sky upon his shoulders, whose mother
Clymene was a sister of Doris. Doris was mother to the son
Nerites and fifty
Nereids, including
Thetis, who was the mother of
Achilles, and
Amphitrite,
Poseidon's wife, and mother of
Triton.