Dorians
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- Origin
- Peloponnesian dialect replacement
- Dorian invasion
- Post-migrational distribution of the Dorians
- Identity
- Dorian of Bronze Age Pylos
- Dorians of upland Doris
- Lancers
- Chosen Greeks
- Social structure
- Distinctions of language
- Other cultural distinctions
- Ancient traditions
- Homer
- Tyrtaeus
- Herodotus
- Thucydides
- Plato
- Pausanias
- Diodorus Siculus
- Strabo
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Dorians (; , , singular , ) were one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans, and Ionians). They are almost always referred to as just "the Dorians", as they are called in the earliest literary mention of them in the Odyssey, where they already can be found inhabiting the island of Crete.
They were diverse in way of life and social organization, varying from the populous trade center of the city of Corinth, known for its ornate style in art and architecture, to the isolationist, military state of Sparta; and yet, all Hellenes knew which localities were Dorian and which were not. Dorian states at war could more likely, but not always, count on the assistance of other Dorian states. Dorians were distinguished by the Doric Greek dialect and by characteristic social and historical traditions.