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Dorian

The Dorians were one of the principal Hellenic ethnic groups of ancient Greece, distinguished by their Doric dialect and primary settlements in the Peloponnese, Doris, Crete, and Sicily, where they established influential city-states including Sparta and Syracuse.^[1]^[2] Ancient sources such as Herodotus and Thucydides recount a Dorian migration from northern Greece—specifically from regions like Epirus and Thessaly—into Mycenaean territories around 1100 BCE, framed as a conquest that contributed to the collapse of palace-based societies and ushered in the Greek Dark Ages.^[3]^[4] Archaeological evidence, however, reveals no widespread destruction layers or abrupt material culture shifts attributable to such an incursion, leading scholars to favor models of incremental dialect spread, elite dominance, or endogenous social transformations over a singular catastrophic invasion.^[5]^[6]^[2] Dorian polities emphasized communal discipline, land-based equality among citizens (homoioi), and martial training, as epitomized by Sparta's dual kingship and helot system, while their architectural contributions included the sturdy Doric order of columns, and their colonial ventures extended Greek influence across the Mediterranean.^[1]^[2]

Historical and Linguistic Origins

The Dorians in Ancient Greece

The Dorians formed one of the four primary ethnic groups of the ancient Greeks, alongside the Ionians, Aeolians, and Achaeans, as identified in classical historiography.^[7] Thucydides, in his Peloponnesian War (1.12), describes their entry into the Peloponnese as part of the "Return of the Heracleidae," a tradition placing the movement approximately eighty years after the fall of Troy, around 1100 BCE, following earlier displacements from northern regions like Doris.^[2] Herodotus similarly references Dorian origins in northwestern Greece, portraying them as distinct from Ionian groups through dialect and custom, though he emphasizes their pre-existing presence in parts of the mainland before migrations.^[8] These accounts, while valuable for ethnic self-conception, blend oral traditions with rational inquiry, and modern analysis treats them as reflecting real population dynamics rather than literal conquest narratives. The posited Dorian migration coincides with the Late Bronze Age collapse, marked by destruction layers at Mycenaean sites like Mycenae and Tiryns dated to circa 1200–1100 BCE, evidenced by burned structures and abandoned palaces.^[3] However, archaeological consensus attributes these disruptions more to systemic factors such as earthquakes, internal revolts, or external pressures from groups like the Sea Peoples than to a unified Dorian incursion, as no distinct "Dorian" weaponry or mass burials appear in the strata.^[5] Supporting evidence for Dorian presence emerges instead from gradual shifts: the emergence of Protogeometric pottery styles around 1050 BCE, simpler and less decorated than Mycenaean wares, signaling cultural reconfiguration; and linguistic distributions, where Doric dialect innovations—such as retention of proto-Greek labiovelars and specific verb forms—predominate in post-Bronze Age Peloponnesian inscriptions, contrasting with Arcadocypriot continuity in non-Dorian areas.^[3] These indicate southward population movements over generations, likely involving kinship networks rather than cataclysmic invasion, with dialect mapping aligning to historical Dorian claims in regions like the Argolid and Laconia. Dorian groups consolidated settlements across the Peloponnese, establishing city-states such as Sparta in Laconia, Corinth in the northeast, and Argos, where they imposed stratified societies with citizen elites controlling helot labor.^[7] By the Archaic period (circa 800–500 BCE), these polities exerted influence through alliances like the Peloponnesian League, with Sparta's dual kingship and assembly reflecting purported Dorian tribal structures. Spartan culture prioritized militarism, mandating lifelong training (agoge) for males from age seven, fostering a citizen body of approximately 8,000 homoioi at its peak who maintained hegemony via phalanx warfare and suppression of serfs, a system tied to land allocations from the migration era.^[9] This austere, collectivist ethos diverged from Ionian counterparts, whose cities emphasized trade, colonization, and cultural output, as seen in the artistic and philosophical florescence of Miletus and Athens, underscoring causal divergences in resource bases and social organization post-migration.^[10]

Dorian Greek Dialect

The Dorian Greek dialect, also known as Doric, constituted one of the principal dialect groups of ancient Greek, classified within the West Greek branch alongside Northwest Greek varieties, in contrast to the East Greek groups of Aeolic and Ionic-Attic. It emerged as a distinct form by the archaic period, with evidence from inscriptions dating to the 7th century BCE onward, reflecting conservative phonological and morphological traits traceable to Proto-Greek stages.^[11] Unlike speculative migrations, its development is substantiated through comparative philology, comparing dialectal inscriptions and literary attestations against reconstructed Proto-Indo-European forms. Geographically, Doric was distributed across Doris in central Greece, the Peloponnesian peninsula (including Laconia, Corinthia, Argolis, and Messenia), Crete, the southern Aegean islands such as Rhodes and Cos, and Dorian colonies in southern Italy (e.g., Tarentum) and Sicily (e.g., Syracuse), with epigraphic evidence from these areas spanning the 6th to 4th centuries BCE. Subdialects varied regionally, such as Laconian in Sparta and Heraklean in Sicily, but shared core innovations like the treatment of Proto-Indo-European labiovelars, where *kʷ before front vowels yielded /tt/ via metathesis (e.g., *dekṃt- > δέττα "ten"), distinguishing it from Attic-Ionic delabialization to /k/.^[11] Vowel systems featured retention of *ā as long α (e.g., φάμι "I say" vs. Attic φημί), avoiding the Attic-Ionic shift to η, alongside sporadic retention of digamma /w/ in early inscriptions, as in Cretan forms like ϝοῖκος for οἶκος "house".^[12] Morphologically, Doric exhibited hallmarks such as first-declension genitive plurals in -ᾶν (e.g., θεᾶν "of goddesses" vs. Attic θεῶν), nominative singular feminine -α for ā-stems, and verbal forms like third-person plural -οντες with retained ν (e.g., τίθεασι > θέντες).^[12] These are attested in authors like Pindar, a 5th-century BCE Boeotian poet who incorporated Doric elements—such as ἀρετά for Attic ἀρετή—in his epinician odes to evoke choral tradition, blending them with epic and Aeolic features for pan-Hellenic appeal.^[12] Inscriptions, including Cretan legal texts from Dreros (ca. 650 BCE) and Laconian dedications, preserve these traits, demonstrating dialectal uniformity amid local variations.^[11] Doric's conservative nature preserved archaic Indo-European features, such as dual forms and athematic verbs, longer than in Attic-Ionic, influencing regional Koine variants in Hellenistic Sicily and contributing to the survival of Laconian-derived Tsakonian, the only modern Greek dialect directly descending from Doric, spoken by fewer than 2,000 people in the Peloponnese as of 2000 CE surveys. Comparative analysis of over 1,000 inscriptions confirms its role in maintaining older morphology against Attic dominance post-4th century BCE, without reliance on biased historiographic narratives.^[11]

Musical Theory

Dorian Mode and Scale

The Dorian mode in Western music theory constitutes the second of the seven diatonic modes derived from the major scale, characterized by a sequence of intervals consisting of a whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step, and whole step.^[13] For the D Dorian mode, the ascending scale comprises the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, featuring a minor third (from D to F) and a major sixth (from D to B), which differentiates it from the Aeolian mode (natural minor), that employs a minor sixth (D to Bb).^[14] This intervallic pattern yields a sonority often described as melancholic yet brighter than pure minor scales, attributable to the major sixth avoiding the narrower minor sixth interval, which in just intonation tuning introduces subtler harmonic tensions through ratios such as 5/3 for the major sixth relative to the tonic.^[15] Historically, the term "Dorian" derives from ancient Greek harmoniai, systems of melodic ethos classified by philosophers like Plato and Aristotle as evoking sobriety and manliness, but the modern Dorian scale bears little resemblance to the ancient Greek Dorian harmonia, which emphasized tetrachords and ethos over fixed heptatonic scales and aligned more closely with what medieval theorists mislabeled as Phrygian.^[16] Medieval church modes, systematized by theorists such as Hucbald around 900 CE, adapted these Greek names for practical liturgical purposes, with the authentic Dorian mode defined as the white-key scale from D to D and its plagal counterpart (hypodorian) from A to A, primarily drawn from adaptations of Byzantine oktōēchos chant traditions rather than direct Greek revival.^[17] Renaissance composers like Josquin des Prez employed the Dorian mode extensively in polyphonic masses and motets, such as in modal frameworks that prioritized the final on D and ambitus within an octave, reflecting its stability for sacred texts amid the era's shift toward more consonant harmonies.^[18] In contemporary applications, particularly jazz, the Dorian mode gained prominence through modal jazz innovations, as exemplified by Miles Davis's 1959 composition "So What" from the album Kind of Blue, which alternates between D Dorian (16 bars) and Eb Dorian (8 bars) over a pedal-point bass, emphasizing the mode's static harmonic foundation to foster improvisational freedom without frequent chord changes.^[14] Acoustically, the mode's "dark yet hopeful" quality arises from its symmetric potential in just intonation—where the major second and sixth intervals (ratios 9/8 and 5/3) create consonant resolutions against the tonic—contrasting the Phrygian's tense half-step start or Aeolian's descending minor sixth, thus supporting extended melodic lines with inherent pull toward the final without relying on dominant-tonic cadences.^[19] This structure underscores causal acoustic principles: the avoidance of the tritone in key positions (present in Locrian but mitigated here by the natural fifth) enhances perceptual stability, verifiable through frequency ratio analyses in equal temperament approximations.^[15]

Literature and Philosophy

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published in a serialized form in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.^[20] The magazine's editors requested cuts to tone down suggestions of immorality, resulting in a version lacking six chapters present in the expanded book edition released in April 1891 by Ward, Lock and Company.^[21] This full version included revisions to clarify character motivations and a preface in which Wilde asserted that art should not be judged morally, as "there is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book" but only well-written or poorly written ones.^[22] The plot centers on Dorian Gray, a strikingly handsome young Englishman whose portrait is painted by the artist Basil Hallward. At Basil's studio, Dorian encounters the hedonistic aristocrat Lord Henry Wotton, whose epigrammatic philosophy—that beauty and pleasure should be pursued without regard for conventional morality—prompts Dorian to wish that the portrait would age and bear the marks of his sins while he remains eternally youthful. Miraculously, the wish is granted: as Dorian descends into a life of sensual excess, including opium use, cruelty, and an implied role in the suicide of actress Sibyl Vane after he rejects her for losing artistic appeal post-performance, the portrait deteriorates into a grotesque reflection of his moral corruption. Dorian hides the painting and lives outwardly as a paragon of youth and charm, but internally grapples with guilt, eventually stabbing the portrait in a bid to reverse his fate, only to die in the process as the painting restores to its original beauty.^[23]^[24] Philosophically, the novel explores a Faustian bargain where Dorian trades his soul for perpetual youth, drawing from Gothic traditions of supernatural pacts and doppelgangers that externalize inner decay.^[25] It contrasts hedonism—championed by Lord Henry as a path to self-realization through sensory experience—with ascetic moral restraint, ultimately demonstrating through causal progression how unchecked indulgence erodes psychological integrity and leads to isolation and self-destruction, rather than fulfillment. Basil Hallward embodies an aestheticism tied to moral influence, viewing Dorian's beauty as inspirational until corrupted, while the portrait serves as an objective ledger of vice's toll, akin to biblical imagery of sin defacing the divine image in man.^[26]^[27]^[28] The narrative critiques pure aestheticism by showing its detachment from ethical consequences fosters ruin, privileging a realist view that actions have inevitable, compounding effects on the self. Upon release, the novel provoked scandal, with critics decrying its "poisonous" influence and homoerotic undertones as promoting immorality; one contemporary review called it "thestrangest and most uncanny of all Wilde's works" for its "unmanly, modern, and morbid" tone.^[29] It drew over 200 negative notices in its first month, fueling perceptions of Wilde's decadence.^[30] Later analyses recognize it as a cautionary tale illustrating the perils of divorcing beauty from virtue, where Dorian's facade crumbles under vice's weight, underscoring that hedonistic pursuits yield not liberation but a hollow, corrosive existence.^[31]^[32]

Visual and Performing Arts

Film Adaptations of Dorian Gray

The first known film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray was the 1915 silent two-reel production directed by Eugene Moore for the Thanhouser Company, starring R. L. Hunter as Dorian Gray and closely following the novel's plot of eternal youth and moral corruption reflected in a portrait.^[33]^[34] The 1945 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer version, directed and written by Albert Lewin, starred Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray and George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton, achieving fidelity to the source material's themes of vanity and hedonism while employing innovative Technicolor visual effects to depict the portrait's progressive decay, a technical feat praised for its atmospheric impact under the constraints of the Motion Picture Production Code.^[35]^[36] The film received positive critical reception for its acting and direction, earning an IMDb rating of 7.5/10 from over 15,000 users, though early adaptations like this one subdued the novel's homoerotic undertones—such as Basil Hallward's intense admiration for Dorian—in favor of heterosexual emphases to comply with censorship standards.^[36]^[37] A 1970 Italian-German-British adaptation directed by Massimo Dallamano, titled Dorian Gray (also known as The Secret of Dorian Gray), updated the story to a contemporary London setting with Helmut Berger as Dorian, emphasizing erotic elements and moral decline but diverging significantly from Wilde's Victorian era and philosophical depth, resulting in a mixed reception focused on its exploitation-style liberties rather than literary accuracy.^[38] The 2009 British film directed by Oliver Parker, starring Ben Barnes as Dorian and Colin Firth as Lord Henry, relocated the narrative to a semi-modern context while preserving the core motif of physical immortality amid ethical deterioration, though critics noted its tame execution and uninspired title performance, reflected in a Rotten Tomatoes score of 43% from 40 reviews.^[39]^[40] Box office performance was modest, with a reported worldwide gross under $5 million against an undisclosed budget, underscoring limited commercial success despite polished production values.^[41] Later adaptations, including stage musicals like Randy Bowser's Dorian the Remarkable Mister Gray (premiered in regional theater), have explored the text through song but remain niche, often amplifying dramatic spectacle over the novel's subtle causal realism of vice's consequences.

Other Artistic Representations

Ivan Albright created the painting Picture of Dorian Gray between 1943 and 1944 as a commissioned work depicting the novel's infamous corrupted portrait, rendered in oil on canvas with dimensions of 85 by 42 inches (216 by 107 cm).^[42] The hyper-detailed image portrays a grotesque, decayed visage marked by scabs, sagging flesh, and an expression of madness, emphasizing themes of moral decay and transience central to Wilde's narrative.^[43] Housed permanently at the Art Institute of Chicago since 1945, the artwork stands as a seminal visual interpretation of the Dorian motif in modern American painting, independent of its original film context.^[42] Lowell Liebermann's opera The Picture of Dorian Gray, Opus 45, adapts the novel into two acts across 12 scenes, with music by Liebermann and libretto by J.D. McClatchy, preserving the story's exploration of hedonism and supernatural portraiture.^[44] Premiered on September 8, 1996, at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo under conductor Michel Rostango, the work features orchestral and vocal elements that underscore Dorian's Faustian bargain.^[45] Subsequent performances include a 2016 semi-staged production by Odyssey Opera in Boston, highlighting its enduring appeal in operatic repertoire.^[45] A more recent ballet adaptation, Dorian by the Dutch National Ballet in collaboration with ISH Dance Collective, premiered in the 2022–2023 season as a dance thriller for audiences aged 14 and older, reinterpreting Wilde's themes through contemporary choreography and multimedia elements.^[46] Choreographed to evoke the novel's psychological tension and visual symbolism, the production builds on prior successes like Narnia and GRIMM, focusing on physical embodiment of Dorian's dual existence without direct cinematic ties.^[46] An additional operatic version by composer Oliver Bowes and librettist Jamie Fox was staged by Love Opera, offering a chamber-scale rendition that condenses the narrative's ethical dilemmas into intimate musical scenes.^[47] These adaptations collectively extend the Dorian archetype into performing arts, prioritizing symbolic decay and aesthetic immortality over literal plot fidelity.

Personal Names and Notable Individuals

Etymology and Usage of Dorian as a Name

The personal name Dorian originates from the ancient Greek adjective Dōrios (Δώριος), denoting a member of the Dorian tribe or someone "of Doris," a small mountainous region in central Greece mythically founded by Dorus, son of Hellen and ancestor of the Dorians.^[48]^[49] The ethnic term itself derives from Dōris (Δῶρις), possibly linked to Indo-European roots meaning "spear" or "tree," though the precise etymology remains debated among linguists.^[50] In classical antiquity, Dōrieus (Δωριεύς) appeared as a rare personal name, such as that of a Spartan prince and brother of Leonidas I in the 5th century BCE, but it primarily functioned as an adjectival descriptor for the Dorian dialect, architecture, or people rather than a widespread given name.^[49] The adoption of Dorian as a modern given name in English-speaking contexts traces to its literary debut in Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), where the eponymous protagonist embodies classical beauty and hedonism, drawing on the Dorians' historical reputation for austerity and simplicity.^[49] Prior to this, isolated uses existed in Romance languages or as surname variants, but Wilde's work catalyzed its transition to a personal name, evoking Greek heritage without direct ancient precedent as a common forename.^[50] In the United States, Dorian first appeared in Social Security Administration birth records in 1915, initially rare with fewer than 100 annual occurrences through the mid-20th century.^[51] Popularity grew steadily from the 1970s onward, entering the top 1000 names by the 1980s and peaking at rank #510 for boys in 2019 and 2020, with approximately 550-600 boys named Dorian annually in recent years.^[52]^[53] It has since stabilized around ranks 500-600 as of 2024, reflecting moderate but sustained use rather than top-tier commonality.^[52] The name is overwhelmingly masculine, comprising about 88% of usages over the past 50 years, though occasional female applications occur, yielding unisex potential.^[54] Variants include Darian and Darien (anglicized spellings emphasizing phonetic similarity), Dorien (a Dutch form), and diminutives like Dori.^[55]^[56] These adaptations preserve the Greek root while accommodating regional pronunciations, with Darian sometimes interpreted separately as Irish-derived but often conflated due to overlap.^[56]

Notable People Named Dorian

Dorian Yates (born 19 April 1962) is a retired English professional bodybuilder who secured the Mr. Olympia title six consecutive times, from 1992 to 1997, establishing dominance through high-intensity training and exceptional muscular development in competitions governed by the International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness.^[57]^[58] Dorian Finney-Smith (born 4 May 1993) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Houston Rockets, having signed a four-year, $53 million contract in 2024; over his NBA career spanning teams including the Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets, and Los Angeles Lakers, he has appeared in 591 regular-season games, averaging 8.3 points and 4.5 rebounds while earning recognition for defensive contributions such as steals and blocks.^[59]^[60]^[61] Dorian Electra (born 25 June 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and performance artist known for hyperpop and electropop works, including the debut studio album Flamboyant (2019) and My Agenda (2020), which explore theatrical aesthetics through self-released and label-backed productions achieving streaming milestones on platforms like Spotify.^[62]^[63]

Other Contemporary Uses

Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Bahamas, forming from a tropical wave that organized into Tropical Depression Six over the central tropical Atlantic on August 24, 2019.^[64] It strengthened into a tropical storm the next day and reached hurricane status on August 28 while passing near the northern Lesser Antilles, where it caused minor damage in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.^[64] Dorian underwent rapid intensification over warm sea surface temperatures exceeding 29°C (84°F), peaking as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 910 mb on September 1.^[64]^[65] The storm stalled near Great Abaco and Grand Bahama Islands from September 1 to 3, subjecting them to prolonged battering with wind gusts over 200 mph, storm surges of 18 to 23 feet (5.5 to 7 meters) above normal tide levels, and rainfall accumulations exceeding 40 inches (100 cm), with estimates up to 60 inches (150 cm) in parts of Grand Bahama.^[64]^[66]^[67] This resulted in catastrophic destruction, including the near-total leveling of Marsh Harbour in Abaco, with damages estimated at $3.4 billion—equivalent to about 25% of the Bahamas' GDP—and at least 67 confirmed deaths, primarily in Abaco and Grand Bahama, alongside hundreds initially reported missing.^[64]^[68]^[69] Dorian weakened while moving northwest, then turned northeast, brushing the southeastern U.S. coast and making landfall on Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as a Category 2 hurricane on September 6, with additional impacts including 4-to-7-foot storm surges in parts of the Outer Banks and five deaths in the U.S. from storm-related causes.^[64]^[70] Meteorologically, Dorian's extreme intensity and stalling motion were enabled by anomalously high ocean heat content and low vertical wind shear, conditions that fueled its rapid intensification from Category 1 to 5 in under 48 hours.^[64]^[65] Warmer sea surface temperatures, partly attributable to long-term ocean warming trends, contributed to the storm's energy, but such events have historical precedents; Dorian tied the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane for the highest wind speeds at landfall in the Atlantic basin (185 mph), a storm that devastated the Florida Keys without modern anthropogenic forcing levels.^[65]^[71] This analog underscores that while rising SSTs may enhance potential for intensification, claims of unprecedented rarity overlook natural variability and prior Category 5 landfalls in the region, tempering narratives linking the event solely to recent climate change without accounting for multidecadal cycles.^[71] In response, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) coordinated domestic relief for affected East Coast areas, including search-and-rescue operations and infrastructure repairs, while the U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Defense provided mutual aid to the Bahamas under pre-existing agreements, deploying assets for up to 14 days to support engineering, health, and logistics needs.^[70]^[72]^[73] The Bahamian government established a Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management, and Reconstruction to oversee recovery, though challenges persisted, including slow rebuilding of over 13,000 destroyed homes and ongoing displacement of nearly 30,000 residents in the hardest-hit northern islands as of late 2019.^[74]^[75] International aid supplemented efforts, but reports highlighted delays in debris clearance and water system rehabilitation, exacerbating vulnerabilities in low-lying atolls.^[76]

Commercial and Technological References

Dorian LPG Ltd. is a Bermuda-based international shipping company specializing in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas via very large gas carriers (VLGCs). As of March 31, 2025, the company operated a fleet of 25 VLGCs.^[77] On August 1, 2025, it declared an irregular cash dividend of $0.60 per share, payable on August 27, 2025, reflecting strong financial performance in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026.^[78] Dorian Tool International Inc. is a U.S. manufacturer of precision machine shop tools and milling supplies, producing over 8,000 items including turning tools, milling accessories, knurling tools, indexable inserts, tool presetters, and retention knobs.^[79] The company's products emphasize American-made quality for machining applications such as angle heads and V-flange tooling.^[80] Dorian.live operates as a digital platform for interactive comics and user-generated games, allowing creators to build, stream, and monetize content like romantasy stories with features such as video and audio integration added in February 2025.^[81] Targeted at diverse creators, it supports rapid game development without coding and includes streaming with cosplayers.^[82] Dorian Studio is a family-owned photography firm in Spokane, Washington, providing portrait, graduation, and event imaging services through digital and print offerings.^[83]

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Rating 6.2/10 (70) A celebrated artist had completed a portrait which he privately declared was his masterpiece. It was a picture of Dorian Gray, a wealthy and handsome young man.
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THE SCREEN; 'The Picture of Dorian Gray,' Film Version of Wilde ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray, screen play by Albert Lewin; based on the novel by Oscar Wilde; directed by Mr. Lewin; produced by Pandro S. Berman for Metro- ...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) - IMDb
Rating 7.5/10 (15,631) This film is fantastically well put together. The acting, directing and writing are all stellar, which make this film one pleasant viewing indeed. The real ...
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Fifty Shades of (Dorian) Gray: In Honor of Albert Lewin - Nitrate Diva
Sep 24, 2012 · And, in 1945, with the Production Code in full force, Albert Lewin still managed to insert a scene where Dorian visits a dilapidated bar/opium- ...
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Dorian Gray (1970) - IMDb
Rating 5.8/10 (1,409) In the late 60's in London, the model Dorian Gray (Helmut Berger) meets the aspirant actress Sybil Vane (Marie Liljedahl) and they fall in love for each other.
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Dorian Gray - Rotten Tomatoes
Rating 43% (40) Despite a lavish and polished production, Dorian Gray is tame and uninspired with a lifeless performance by Ben Barnes in the title role.
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Dorian Gray (2009) - IMDb
Rating 6.2/10 (70,371) Director. Oliver Parker · Writers. Toby Finlay · Oscar Wilde · All cast & crew · Production, box office & more at IMDbPro ...Full cast & crew · Parents guide · Plot · FAQ
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Dorian Gray (2009) - Box Office and Financial Information
Financial analysis of Dorian Gray (2009) including production budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports.
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Adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray - Wikipedia
Theatrical films · Dorian Grays Portræt (1910) · The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913) · The Picture of Dorian Gray (1915) · The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916) · Das ...On screen · Audio · Literature · Plays and musicals
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Picture of Dorian Gray | The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago artist Ivan Albright executed this grisly work for the 1945 movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1891 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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'Indescribable Corruption': Ivan Albright's "Picture of Dorian Gray ...
Feb 17, 2025 · It's a morbidly grotesque painting, a face completely covered in graphic scabs with an expression which suggests both repulsion and madness.
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Opera Preview: "The Picture of Dorian Gray" - The Arts Fuse
Nov 11, 2016 · Odyssey Opera is teaming up with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project for the kick off production in its 'Wilde Opera Nights' series: a semi- ...
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Dorian | 22-23 | Dutch National Ballet
Dance thriller based on the famous book by Oscar Wilde. Following the successes of Narnia and GRIMM, Dorian (14+) is the third joint production.
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The Picture of Dorian gray - jstor
Anew operatic adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian. Gray by composer Oliver Bowes and librettist Jamie Fox was presented by Love Opera in ...
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Dorian - Etymology, Origin & Meaning of the Name
Originating c.1600 from Greek Doris, a central Greece district named for Doros, the word means "of Doris or Doria," first referring to an ancient Greek ...
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Meaning, origin and history of the name Dorian
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays ...
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Dorian | Oh Baby! Names
The etymology of “Dorian” (Greek: Δωριεύς) is still debated. Some credible sources suggest that dōris means “woodland” (as a place of origin). A second theory ...
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Dorian - Baby Name, Origin, Meaning, And Popularity
U.S. Historical Usage. The name Dorian was first seen in the United States in 1915. Dorian has ranked as high as #806 nationally, which occurred in 2008, and ...<|separator|>
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Popularity for the name Dorian - Behind the Name
Dorian (masculine). Year, Rank, Percent Used. 2024, #537, 0.030. 2023, #608, 0.025. 2022, #563, 0.028. 2021, #567, 0.027. 2020, #510, 0.030. 2019, #510, 0.029.
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Dorian - Baby Names 1000
Dorian: Statistics About The Baby Name Dorian ; 2019, 509, 557, 0.0292%, * ; 2018, 521, 539, 0.0279%, * ; 2017, 532, 526, 0.0268%, * ...Missing: United States
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Dorian first name popularity, history and meaning
Based on the last 50 years of data, Dorian is more commonly used as a male name, with approximately 88% of people named Dorian being male.<|separator|>
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Dorian - Boy Names - Mama Natural
Dorian Name Popularity ; 419, 553, 0.0367% ; 417, 557, 0.0372%.Missing: United | Show results with:United
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Dorian - Origins, Meanings, and Popular Variations Explained
The name Dorian has its historical roots in Greece. Its origin can be traced back to the Dorian tribe, an influential group in ancient Greece known for their ...
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Dorian Yates – Complete Profile: Height, Workout And Diet
Sep 27, 2023 · Dorian Yates Statistics ; Date of Birth, Birthplace, Residence ; April 19, 1962, Hurley, Staffordshire, ENGLAND, Birmingham, ENGLAND ; Arms, Legs ...
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Dorian Yates - Greatest Physiques
Dorian Yates is a 6 time Mr. Olympia winner and a bodybuilding legend. During his era, he dominated competitions, becoming an icon in the industry.
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Dorian Finney-Smith Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and ...
Dorian Lawrence Finney-Smith · Instagram: doedoe_10 ; Position: Power Forward and Small Forward · Shoots: Right ; Team: Houston Rockets ; Born: May 4, 1993 in ...
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Dorian Finney-Smith | Forward | Houston Rockets | NBA.com
Finney-Smith (ankle) agreed to a four-year, $53 million contract with the Rockets on Monday, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
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Dorian Finney-Smith - Houston Rockets Forward - ESPN
DorianFinney-Smith · HT/WT. 6' 7", 220 lbs · Birthdate. 5/4/1993 (32) · College. Florida. Follow. 2024-25 regular ...Game Log · Stats · News · Bio
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Dorian Electra Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & M... - AllMusic
Explore Dorian Electra's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews ... Born. June 25, 1992 in Houston, TX. Genre. Electronic, Pop/Rock. Styles. Left ...
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Dorian Electra Lyrics, Songs, and Albums | Genius
Dorian Electra (born Dorian Electra Fridkin Gomberg, June 25, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and performance artist. They first rose to prominence ...
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[PDF] HURRICANE DORIAN
Apr 20, 2020 · Dorian's estimated peak intensity of 160 kt at 1640 UTC 1 September, which is also the landfall intensity at Elbow Cay in the Abacos, is based ...
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Observations of Atypical Rapid Intensification Characteristics in ...
With peak landfalling winds of 160 kt (approximately 80 m s−1) on Great Abaco Island, it tied the 1935 “Labor Day” hurricane as the strongest landfalling ...
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Hurricane Dorian causes devastation in Bahamas
Sep 3, 2019 · At its peak, Dorian had maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (297 km/h), and brought a storm surge of 18 to 23 feet (5.5 to 7 meters) above normal ...
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A Devastating Stall by Hurricane Dorian - NASA Earth Observatory
Sep 4, 2019 · By September 4, satellites estimated that an extraordinary 60 inches (150 centimeters) of rain fell over parts of Grand Bahama. The rainfall ...
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Impact of Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas: A View from the Sky
The estimated damages and losses from it amount to US$3.4 billion (IDB, 2019), a number equivalent to a quarter of the countrys GDP. Dorians effects also ...Missing: deaths | Show results with:deaths
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Dorian damage in Bahamas totals $3.4 billion - The Columbian
Nov 17, 2019 · Dorian damage in Bahamas totals $3.4 billion. Official death toll remains at 67; 282 people still missing. By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald.<|separator|>
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Hurricane Dorian, September 6, 2019 - National Weather Service
Hurricane Dorian was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Dorian formed on August 24, 2019 ...
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Science and Society: 1935- Labor Day Hurricane
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the strongest storm at time of landfall in U.S. history and also the first Category 5 storm to strike the U.S. in the 20th ...
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Message from Acting Secretary McAleenan on Hurricane Dorian ...
Sep 12, 2019 · The Coast Guard came in quickly behind the storm to provide immediate support, enacting its mutual aid agreement with the Bahamas to assist with ...
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DOD Ramps Up Hurricane Dorian Relief Efforts
as well as engineering, health and logistics support — could be made available for the Bahamas for up to 14 days if ...
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Hurricane Dorian - Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Jan 31, 2020 · The estimated damage is $2.5 billion, of which nine percent is public and 91 percent private. · Losses are estimated as $717.3 million and were ...
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Hurricane Dorian Situation Report #16 (November 19, 2019)
Nov 20, 2019 · ... death toll: 67 deaths are now attributed to the storm, and an estimated 282 persons are still missing. Additionally, more than 13,000 homes ...
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Recovery from Hurricane Dorian continues in the Bahamas
Sep 1, 2022 · The Bahamas Methodist Habitat (BMH) supported rental assistance for Dorian survivors and helped rehabilitate the water system and cistern for ...<|control11|><|separator|>
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[PDF] Dorian LPG Ltd.
May 29, 2025 · If our fleet grows in size, we may need to update our operations and ... As of March 31, 2025, our fleet consists of twenty-five VLGCs, including.
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Dorian LPG Ltd. Declares Irregular Cash Dividend of $0.60 Per ...
Aug 1, 2025 · Declared an irregular dividend totaling approximately $25.6 million, or $0.60 per share, to be paid on or about August 27, 2025 to shareholders ...
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From Stories to Cinematic Experiences: Dorian Elevates UGC ...
Feb 26, 2025 · Dorian's new interactive video feature lets creators seamlessly add video to their games—no coding required—expanding creative possibilities and ...
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Dorian: Comics Game Platform
Experience comics like never before! Play interactive comics, watch streams with famous cosplayers or stream yourself, create your own story, make money.
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Dorian Studio
Over 100 years of excellence in photography! We are proud to help families celebrate the achievements and progression of childhood through graduation. Dorian is ...Learn more · Order · Contact · About Us