person
Dardanus
Founder of the Trojan royal line, whence the Trojans are called Dardanians.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §3.94 sons of Dardanus
Dardanus, founder of the Trojan line, sprung from Italy; the oracle bids his sons seek their 'ancient mother.'
- The Aeneid §4.365 Dardanus
Founder of the Trojan line; Dido denies that so noble an ancestor sired the faithless Aeneas.
- The Aeneid §6.650 Dardanus
The founder of Troy and ancestor of the Trojan kings.
- The Aeneid §8.134 Dardanus
Founder of the Trojan line, son of Jupiter and Electra; through him Trojans and Arcadians share the blood of Atlas.
- The Aeneid §11.286 Dardanus
Founder of the Trojan line; with two such men as Hector and Aeneas, Greece would have been invaded.