Dorians

ancient Greek architectural order

thumb|Heracles holding [[Hyllus with Deianira nearby, as the centaur Nessus pleads for his life (Pompeii fresco)]] right|thumb|Heracles with his son Telephus, one of the Heracleidae

natural scale model that begins with the note re (D), with the sixth degree diminished

legendary ancient invasion of southern Greece

thumb | right | Maniot fighters, 1881 The Maniots () or Maniates () is the traditional name for the native Greek inhabitants of the Mani Peninsula in the southern Peloponnese region of Greece. They have historically been known as Mainotes, and the peninsula as Maina.

Tsakonia (, Tsakoniá; Tsakonian: Τσακωνία, Tsakonía) or the Tsakonian region () refers to the small area in the eastern Peloponnese where the Tsakonian language is spoken, in the area surrounding 13 towns, villages and hamlets located around Pera Melana in Arcadia. It is not a formally defined political entity of the modern Greek state.

Kalaureia () or Calauria or Kalavria () is an island close to the coast of Troezen in the Peloponnesus of mainland Greece, part of the modern island-pair Poros.

The hyporchema (or "hyperchema") () was a lively kind of mimic dance which accompanied the songs used in the worship of Apollo, especially among the Dorians. It was performed by men and women. It is comparable to the geranos (γερανός), the ritual "crane dance" associated with Theseus.

The Siceliot people ( Siceliots or Siceliotes, Σικελιῶται in Ancient Greek) formed a distinct ethno-cultural group in Sicily from about the 8th century BC until their assimilation into the general Sicilian population. As Hellenic colonists (often reputedly of Doric origin) and descendants of colonists from Greece, they spoke Greek and participated in the wider cultural and political activities of Greek Sicily and of the Hellenic world as a whole. The Athenian historian Thucydides mentions them in various places in his "History of the Peloponnesian War".