Dardan

American  

[dahr-dn] / ˈdɑr dn /

Also Dardanian

adjective

1. Trojan.

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Dardan British  

/ ˈdɑːdən /

noun

1. another name for a Trojan

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Etymology

Origin of Dardan

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

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Dardan

Yea, twice hath the Sire Uplifted his hand and downcast it On the wall of the Dardan, downcast it As a sword and as fire.

From The Trojan Women of Euripedes by Euripedes

Indeed the learning is modestly withdrawn from the later Editions, and we are quietly instructed to read, Dardan, and Thymbria, Ilia, Scæa, Troian, And Antenorides.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by David Nichol Smith

"The sacrifice, prepared for Stygian Jove, I purpose now to consummate, and pay The last sad rites, and ease me of my love, And burn the couch whereon the Dardan lay."

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

Thus through the meads the Dardan Duke set forth the tale of death, With rage as of the rushing flood, or whirl-storm of the wind.

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

Let the false Dardan feel the blaze That burns me pouring on his gaze, And bear along, to cheer his way, The funeral presage of to-day.’”

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber