Doros Crater
Doros can refer to * Doros, Cyprus, a village in Limassol District *Doros, the medieval name for Mangup, Crimea * ''Doros'' (fly), a genus of insects in the family Syrphidae *Dorus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Dorus ( may refer to the following characters: * Dorus, an Ancient Egypt, Egyptian prince as the son of King Epaphus of Ancient Egypt, Egypt. He was the father of Pygmaeus, ancestor of the tribe of Pygmy (Greek mythology), Py ...

Doros, Cyprus
Doros () is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 1 km north of Monagri. Doros in Greek or Thoros in English is the name of the village, which is situated on a hill of 470 metres. It is hidden and surrounded by almond trees and grape vines. Doros is 25 km outside Limassol on the left side of the main road if you are travelling towards Troodos. The name ''Doros'' is associated with the ancient Greek word ''doris'', which means forest. The 150 or so residents are all farmers tending their livestock Livestock are the Domestication, domesticated animals that are raised in an Agriculture, agricultural setting to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, Egg as food, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The t ... and all the fruit orchards. At the beginning of July 2002, an ancient tomb was discovered and was handed over to the Antiques Department. References Communities in Limassol District {{Cyprus-geo-stub ...
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Mangup
__NOTOC__ Mangup (, , ) also known as ''Mangup Kale'' (''kale'' means "fortress" in Turkish) is a historic fortress in Crimea, located on a plateau about 13 kilometres east of Sevastopol (ancient Chersonesus). Names It was known as Dory (), later Doros (), Doras () and finally Theodoro () by the Byzantines, before being given the Kipchak name Mangup. A 14th-century inscription found in the city called it the "God-guarded fortress of Theodoro" and its citizens Theodorites. Genoese documents referred to the city as Tedoro, Todoro, Theodori, Teodori, Thodori, Tedori, and Todori. These names are derived from the Greek names of the place. The name Theodoro has survived up to the present day in the name of the village of Ai-Todor (Saint Theodore), which lies south of Mangup. Silvio Giuseppe Mercati believed that the plural form of the city's name (Theodori, Teodori, Thodori, Tedori, Todori) was because the city was dedicated to the two saints, Theodore Tiron and Theodore Stratel ...
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Doros (fly)
''Doros'' is a genus of hoverflies Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family (biology), family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen Hover (behaviour), hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed main .... They are large slender flies, that mimic solitary wasp in slow flight. They have very limited flight period. Species *'' Doros aequalis'' Loew, 1863 *'' Doros destillatorius'' Mik, 1885 *'' Doros profuges'' ( Harris, 1780) (*) *'' Doros rohdendorfi'' Smirnov, 1926 (* Caution with historical usage of "''Doros conopseus'' ( Fabricius, 1775)" from misidentified material, elsewhere an unjustified emendation of '' Ceriana conopsoides'' (Linnaeus, 1758). References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4037542 Hoverfly genera Syrphini Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen ...
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