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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

What seek ye, sons of Dardanus? for not unknown to me Is that your city or your blood; and how ye crossed the sea, That have I heard.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

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 Lodge, Henry Cabot

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

“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