Doris’s Family Tree

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Family

• Oceanus(parent),Tethys(parent),Achelous(sibling),Clymene(sibling),Electra(sibling),Metis(sibling),Peneus(sibling),Perse(sibling),Philyra(sibling),Plouto(sibling),Styx(sibling),Tyche(sibling)— Marriage

  Oceanus and Tethys produced the three thousand Oceanids and river gods, including Styx, Electra, Clymene, Doris, Metis, Tyche, Perse, Plouto, Philyra, Peneus, and Achelous.

• Nereus(spouse),Amphitrite(child),Galatea(child),Psamathe(child),Thetis(child)— Marriage

  Nereus and the Oceanid Doris produced fifty daughters, the Nereids. Among them, Thetis became Achilles's mother, Amphitrite married Poseidon as queen of the sea, Galatea was courted by the Cyclops Polyphemus, and Psamathe bore Phocus to Aeacus.

Member of

• Oceanids

  The Oceanids were three thousand freshwater nymphs born to Oceanus and Tethys who nurtured rivers, springs, and streams across the world. Hesiod named the eldest and most honored among them in the Theogony.

Associated with

• Amphitrite

  Amphitrite, daughter of Doris and Nereus, became queen of the sea through her marriage to Poseidon. The Nereid's royal status elevated her parents' standing among marine deities.

• Nereids

  Doris was the mother of the Nereids, the fifty sea nymphs who served as attendants in Poseidon's underwater court. Through her daughters, particularly Amphitrite who became Poseidon's queen, Doris's lineage was intimately connected to the lord of the seas.

• Peleus

  Peleus became Doris's son-in-law through his marriage to Thetis. The wedding of Peleus and the Nereid was arranged by the gods after learning a prophecy about Thetis's destined son.

• Thetis

  Thetis was Doris's most famous daughter. As a Nereid, Thetis inherited her mother's connection to the sea, and Doris's lineage carried the prophecy that Thetis's son would surpass his father.