Dorian may refer to:

Ancient Greece

Dorians The Dorians (; , , singular , ) were one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Greeks, Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans (tribe), Achaeans, and Ionians). They are almost alw ...

, one of the main ethnic divisions of ancient Greeks *

Doric Greek Doric or Dorian (), also known as West Greek, was a group of Ancient Greek dialects; its Variety (linguistics), varieties are divided into the Doric proper and Northwest Doric subgroups. Doric was spoken in a vast area, including northern Greec ...

, or Dorian, the dialect spoken by the Dorians

Art and entertainment

Films

* ''Dorian'' (film), the Canadian title of the 2004 film ''Pact with the Devil'' * '' Dorian Blues'', a 2004 film

Literature

* '' Dorian, an Imitation'', a 2002 novel by Will Self * ''Dorian'', a 1921 novel by Nephi Anderson * ''Dorian'', a 2022 play by Darryl Pinckney and Robert Wilson

Music

* Dorians (band), from Armenia * Dorian (Spanish band), a Spanish band *

Dorian mode The Dorian mode or Doric mode can refer to three very different but interrelated subjects: one of the Ancient Greek music, Ancient Greek ''harmoniai'' (characteristic melodic behaviour, or the scale structure associated with it); one of the mediev ...

, various musical modes * Dorian Recordings, a label noted for early music recordings * Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538, or "Dorian", an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach * Ukrainian Dorian scale, a musical mode * "Dorian," a song by Demons and Wizards on their album '' Touched by the Crimson King''

People

Dorian (name) Dorian () is a given name of Greek origin. In Greek, the meaning of the name Dorian is of Doris, a district of Ancient Greece, or of Dorus, a legendary Greek hero. Dorus was a son of Hellen, the eponymous progenitor of the Hellenes. Dorus is thoug ...

, a given name (includes a list of people with the name) * Dorian (rapper) (born 1984), American hip-hop artist, songwriter and music producer

Other uses

* Dorian Society, a homosexual club * KH-10 Dorian, a proposed U.S. surveillance satellite * List of storms named Dorian, Atlantic Ocean tropical cyclones. :*

Hurricane Dorian Hurricane Dorian was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone, which became the most intense on record to strike The Bahamas. It is tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the strongest landfall in the Atlantic basin in term ...

, an exceptionally strong Atlantic hurricane in 2019. * ''Dorian'', relating to the Dora asteroid family