Doric Greek
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Doric or Dorian, also known as West Greek, was a group of Ancient Greek dialects; its varieties are divided into the Doric proper and Northwest Doric subgroups. West Greek was spoken in a vast area of
The Pella curse tablet at the Archaeological Museum of Pella
Dorians
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The Dorians were one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Hellenes of Classical Greece divided themselves. They are almost always referred to as just "the Dorians", as they are called in the
Doric Greek
…until the 2nd century BC. It is widely accepted that Doric Greek originated in the mountains of Epirus in northwestern Greece, the original seat of the Dorians. It then expanded to all other regions and the colonisations that followed. The presence of a Doric state (Doris) in central Greece, north of the Gulf…
Dorian site of Lato on the island of Crete
Uplands of Greece - the Pindus Mountains
Doric order of architecture with polychromy
Fifth century BC hoplite, or "heavy-armed soldier", possibly the Spartan king Leonidas, a Dorian, who died holding the pass at the Battle of Thermopylae.