Dardanus (Greek myth)

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In Greek mythology, Dardanus (/ˈdɑːrdənəs/; Greek: Δάρδανος, Dardanos) is the name attributed to three distinct individuals:

  • Dardanus, son of Zeus and Electra, and founder of the city of Dardania, of the tribe of Dardans.[1]
  • Dardanus, a Scythian king, and the father of Idaea, the wife of King Phineus.[2]
  • Dardanus, a Trojan warrior who defended the city of Ilium during the city's 10-year siege. He was the son of Bias, son of King Priam,[3] and brother of Laogonus.[4] Dardanus and his brother were slain by the hero Achilles during the battle. The latter thrust them both from their chariot to the ground, smiting the one with a cast of his spear and the other with his sword in close fight.[5]
  1. ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.1-2
  2. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.43.3–4, 4.44.3–4; Apollodorus, 3.15.3
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 90
  4. ^ Homer, Iliad 20.460
  5. ^ Homer, Iliad 20.460–462