Dardanus
Americannoun
noun
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Another, Electra, was the mother of Dardanus, the founder of the Trojan race.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
This is our very due abode: thence Dardanus outbroke, Iasius our father thence, beginner of our folk.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
According to our opponent's opinion, Laomedon was noble, and Dardanus ignoble during life.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Henry Cabot Lodge
Virdung, Luscinius and Praetorius seem to have had access to a MS. of the Dardanus letter now lost, and to have reproduced the drawings without understanding them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
On another occasion, Boreas, having changed himself into a horse and united himself to the mares of Dardanus, King of Troy, became the father of twelve steeds so swift that none could overtake them.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber
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