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Dardanus

American  
[dahr-dn-uhs] / ˈdɑr dn əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. the ancestor of the Trojans.


Dardanus British  
/ ˈdɑːdənəs /

noun

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

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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

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

These were preserved in the most secret part of the temple; and among them were the fetiches which were said to have been brought to Troy by Dardanus, and from Troy to Italy by �neas.

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred

Atlas had three sons, Italus and Dardanus and Sicanus.

From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni