Editing Dorians (section)

===Other cultural distinctions===
[[File:Antike_Polychromie_1.jpg|thumb|[[Doric order]] of architecture with [[polychromy]]]]
Culturally, in addition to their Doric dialect of Greek, Doric colonies retained their characteristic [[Hellenic calendar|Doric calendar]] that revolved round a cycle of festivals, the [[Hyacinthia]] and the [[Carneia]] being especially important.<ref name=EB1911/>

The [[Dorian mode]] in music also was attributed to Doric societies and was associated by classical writers with martial qualities.

The [[Doric order]] of architecture in the tradition inherited by [[Vitruvius]] included the Doric column, noted for its simplicity and strength.

The Dorians seem to have offered the central mainland cultus for [[Helios]]. The scattering of cults of the sun god in [[Sicyon]], [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]], [[Ermioni]], [[Epidaurus]] and [[Laconia]], and his holy livestock flocks at [[Taenarum]], seem to suggest that the deity was considerably important in Dorian religion, compared to other parts of ancient Greece. Additionally, it may have been the Dorians to import his worship to [[Rhodes]].<ref>Larson, Jennifer. A Land Full of Gods: Nature Deities in Greek Religion. In Ogden, Daniel. ''A Companion to Greek Religion. Malden'', MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, 56–70.</ref>