Duris in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Δοῦρις). A Samian writer of history who flourished about B.C. 350. He was a descendant of Alcibiades, and at one time was tyrant of Samos. Only fragments now remain of his historical writings, which were as follows: 1. A history of Greece (Ἡ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν Ἱστορία), from B.C. 370 to B.C. 281; 2. Περὶ Ἀγαθοκλέα Ἱστορίαι; 3. Σαμίων Ὧροι; 4. Περὶ Εὐριπίδου καὶ Σοφοκλέους; 5. Περὶ Νόμων; 6. Περὶ Ἀγώνων; 7. Περὶ Ζωγραφίας; 8. Περὶ Τορευτικῆς; 9. Λιρυκά. The fragments were collected by Hulleman (Utrecht, 1841).