Dardanus

[ dahr-dn-uhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. the ancestor of the Trojans.

Dardanus

/ ˈdɑːdənəs /

noun

1. classical myth the son of Zeus and Electra who founded the royal house of Troy

Example Sentences

Another, Electra, was the mother of Dardanus, the founder of the Trojan race.

From Literature

Mr. Williams’s “Dardanus Suite,” a premiere, was developed in preparation for the director Michel Fau’s production of Rameau’s lyric tragedy “Dardanus.”

From New York Times

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 Project Gutenberg

DARDANUS, in Greek legend, son of Zeus and Electra, the mythical founder of Dardanus on the Hellespont and ancestor of the Dardans of the Troad and, through Aeneas, of the Romans.

From Project Gutenberg

From one of them, Dardanus, descended in the fifth generation Priamus of Troy.

From Project Gutenberg