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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.

Notes

1. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 14.44
2. Plutarch, Dion 3
3. Lucian. ad v. Indoct. § 15

 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.

• Locrians
• 4th-century BC Greek people
• 4th-century BC Greek women