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
Dardanus, a son of Zeus, is the primitive ancestor of the Trojan kings, whose seat of power was Mount Ida.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
Dardanus came to Phrygia and built the city of Dardania, which was afterwards the great Troy.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni
“Troy was founded by Teucer, Dardanus, Ilius and Tros,” the boy rapped out at once, and in the same instant he blushed, blushed so, that it was painful to look at him.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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
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