Doris in the ancient sources

And of Nereus and rich-haired Doris, daughter of Ocean the perfect river, were born children, Many of the names which follow express various qualities or aspects of the sea: thus Galene is “Calm,” Cymothoe is the “Wave-swift,” Pherusa and Dynamene are “She who speeds (ships)” and “She who has power.

Euenus, Ardescus, and divine Scamander. Also she brought forth a holy company of daughters Goettling notes that some of these nymphs derive their names from lands over which they preside, as Europa, Asia , Doris, Ianeira (“Lady of the Ionians”), but that most are called after some quality which their streams possessed: thus Xanthe is the “Brown” or “Turbid,” Amphirho is the “Surrounding” river…

So spake he, and a black cloud of grief enwrapped Achilles, and with both his hands he took the dark dust and strewed it over his head and defiled his fair face, and on his fragrant tunic the black ashes fell. And himself in the dust lay outstretched, mighty in his mightiness, and with his own hands he tore and marred his hair.