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Dardanus

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Dar·da·nus  (därdn-s)
n. Greek Mythology
The founder of Troy.
Dardanus [ˈdɑːdənəs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical myth the son of Zeus and Electra who founded the royal house of Troy
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Noun1.Dardanus - (Greek mythology) founder of Troy
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
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But Dardanus came to the coast of the mainland -- from him Erichthonius and thereafter Tros were sprung, and Ilus, and Assaracus, and godlike Ganymede, -- when he had left holy Samothrace in his many-benched ship.
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Then Priam, descendant of Dardanus, spoke, saying, "Hear me, Trojans and Achaeans, I will now go back to the wind-beaten city of Ilius: I dare not with my own eyes witness this fight between my son and Menelaus, for Jove and the other immortals alone know which shall fall.
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