DORUS

the mythical ancestor of the Dorians; he is described either as a son of Hellen, by the nymph Orseis, and a brother of Xuthus and Aeolus (Apollodorus i); or as a son of Apollo, by Phthia, and a brother of Laodocus and Polypoites (Apollodorus i), whereas Servius calls him a son of Poseidon.

He is said to have assembled the people which derived its name from him (the Dorians) around him in the neighbourhood of Parnassus. (The History of Herodotus I)