Separating Kamari from Perissa on top of Mesa Vouna is Ancient Thera. This archaeological site, which was first claimed by the Dorians (ancient Greeks) in the 9th century B.C., is home to ruins ...

The name Dorian first appeared in Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel, “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” Wilde likely took it from the Dorians of ancient Greece, to signal the novel’s homoeroticism.