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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

Hence sprung Dardanus: hither Apollo recalls us, and pushes us on with imperious orders to Tyrrhenian Tiber and the holy pools of Numicus' spring.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

Italus and Dardanus came to agree which should succeed to the city of Fiesole and the kingdom of Italy.

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

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

Dardanus came to Phrygia and built the city of Dardania, which was afterwards the great Troy.

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