Dardanus
Americannoun
noun
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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
And here is Teucer's race of old, most lovely sons indeed; High-hearted heroes born on earth in better days of joy: Ilus was there, Assaracus, and he who builded Troy,650 E'en Dardanus.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
Thou art no son of Venus, nor was Dardanus The ancient founder of thy race, thou faithless one; But Caucasus with rough and flinty crags begot, And fierce Hyrcanian tigers suckled thee.
From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Miller, Frank Justus
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
From one of them, Dardanus, descended in the fifth generation Priamus of Troy.
From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.
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