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Doris (Ancient Greek : Δωρίς) of Locri Epizephyrii was the daughter of the rich Locrian, Xenetus, and became wife of the Sicilian tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse in about 406 BC, and mother of Dionysius II of Syracuse .
She died before her husband, who seems to have lamented her in one of his tragedies.
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Diodorus Siculus , Bibliotheca historica Plutarch , Dion 3
public domain : Bunbury, Edward Herbert (1870). "Doris" . In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bunbury, Edward Herbert (1870). "Doris". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 1068.