Dorians

E89721

ancient Greek ethnic group ancient people ethnic group

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Dorians canonical	21
Dorian Greeks	12
Lacedaemonians	2
Peloponnesian Greeks	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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ Doris ⓘ Laconia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ Sparta ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Amphictyonic League → hasMember → Dorians ⓘ

Doric Greek → associatedWith → Dorians ⓘ

Doric order → namedAfter → Dorians ⓘ

Megara → ethnicGroup → Dorians ⓘ

Laconia → historicalPeople → Dorians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lacedaemonians

Apollo Karneios → associatedWith → Dorians ⓘ

Locrians → neighboringPeople → Dorians ⓘ

Carneia → celebratedBy → Dorians ⓘ

Hellen → associatedTribe → Dorians ⓘ

Kamiros → foundedBy → Dorians ⓘ

Hyllus → ethnicAssociation → Dorians ⓘ

Heracleidae → associatedWithPeople → Dorians ⓘ

Orthia → veneratedBy → Dorians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lacedaemonians

Ionians → majorGreekEthnosAlongside → Dorians ⓘ

ancient Laconia → ethnicGroup → Dorians ⓘ

Halicarnassus → foundedBy → Dorians ⓘ