Dardan
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Dardan
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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Into the court She burst her way, then at her passion's height She climbed the pyre and bared the Dardan sword� A gift desired once, for no such need.
From Time Magazine Archive
In those first days when he began to doubt the Dardan might, Having the leaguered walls of Troy for ever in his sight.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
Jove is the well-spring of our race; the Dardan children joy In Jove for father; yea, our king, Æneas out of Troy,220 Who sends us to thy door, himself is of the Highest's seed.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
We cannot thank you; no, nor they, Our brethren of the Dardan race, Who, driven from their ancestral place, Throughout the wide world stray.
From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Miller, Frank Justus
Lo, now to Priam, with exulting cries, The Dardan shepherds drag a youth unknown, With hands fast pinioned, and in captive guise.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
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