Dardan

American  

[dahr-dn] / ˈdɑr dn /

Also Dardanian

adjective

1. Trojan.

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Dardan British  

/ dɑːˈdeɪnɪən, ˈdɑːdən /

noun

1. another name for a Trojan

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Etymology

Origin of Dardan

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

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

Priam’s six-gated city, Dardan, and Timbria, Helias, Chetas, Troien, And Antenorides, with massy staples And corresponsive and fulfilling bolts Spar up the sons of Troy.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

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

Jove is the origin of our race: in Jove, as their fore-father, the Dardan youth exults; our king himself the Trojan Aeneas is of the high lineage of Jove.’

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

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 Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)