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
Stubborn race of Dardanus, the same land that bore you by parentage of old shall receive you again on her bountiful breast.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
“Troy was founded by Teucer, Dardanus, Ilius and Tros,” the boy rapped out at once, and in the same instant he blushed, blushed so, that it was painful to look at him.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Several illuminated MSS.1 from the 9th to the 11th century give fanciful drawings, accompanied by descriptions in barbarous Latin, evidently meant to illustrate those described in the letter to Dardanus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
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 William Morris
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