Dorians

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The Dorians were one of the major ancient Greek ethnic groups, traditionally associated with the Peloponnese, Sparta, and a distinct dialect and cultural identity within the Greek world.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lacedaemonians 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek ethnic group
ancient people
ethnic group
associatedWith Apollo worship
Dorian Hexapolis
Dorian invasion tradition
Heraclid myth
Heracleidae
surface form: Heraclidae

Olympian cults
Spartan military culture
Spartans
surface form: Spartan society
contrastWith Achaeans
Aeolians
Ionians
culturalIdentity Dorian
dialectGroup Doric dialect
ethnicity Greek
language Doric Greek
mythologicalAncestry Dorus
Hellen
notablePolis Argos
Corinth
Megara
Sparta
pantheon Olympian gods
partOf Greeks
surface form: Hellenic peoples

ancient Greeks
politicalForm polis-based communities
region Aegean islands NERFINISHED
central Greece
surface form: Central Greece

Peloponnese
Southern Greece
religion ancient Greek religion
socialStructure tribal organization
sourceMention Herodotus
Pausanias
Thucydides
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
Iron Age I
surface form: Early Iron Age

Late Bronze Age
traditionalAssociation Argolis
Corinth
Crete
Dodecanese NERFINISHED
Doris
Laconia
Peloponnese
Rhodes
Sparta

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doric Greek associatedWith Dorians
Megara ethnicGroup Dorians
Laconia historicalPeople Dorians
this entity surface form: Lacedaemonians
Doric order namedAfter Dorians
Locrians neighboringPeople Dorians