Dardanus
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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
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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
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
What seek ye, sons of Dardanus? for not unknown to me Is that your city or your blood; and how ye crossed the sea, That have I heard.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
And it was called Dardania so long as Dardanus lived, or his sons.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni
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