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Dardanusnoun
(Greek mythology) founder of Troy
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dardanus
Dardanus is a term that can refer to various concepts depending on the context: 1. In Greek mythology, Dardanus was the son of Zeus and Electra, the daughter of Atlas. He was the founder of the city of Dardanus at the foot of Mount Ida in the Troad and the ancestor of the Dardanians and Trojans. 2. In the biological classification system, Dardanus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae. 3. Dardanus can also refer to various historical or mythological figures, places, and works of art or literature associated with the same name, such as "Dardanus," an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau.
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Dardanus
In Greek mythology, Dardanus was a son of Zeus and Electra, daughter of Atlas, and founder of the city of Dardania on Mount Ida in the Troad. Dionysius of Halicarnassus states that Dardanus' original home was in Arcadia, where Dardanus and his elder brother Iasus reigned as kings following Atlas. Dardanus married Chryse, daughter of Pallas, by whom he fathered two sons: Idaeus and Dymas. When a great flood occurred, the survivors, who were living on mountains that had now become islands, split into two groups: one group remained and took Deimas as king while the other sailed away, eventually settling in the island of Samothrace. There Iasus was slain by Zeus for lying with Demeter. Dardanus and his people found the land poor and so most of them set sail for Asia. A different account by Virgil in his Aeneid, has Aeneas in a dream learn from his ancestral Penates that "Dardanus and Father Iasius" and the Penates themselves originally came from Hesperia, afterwards renamed as Italy. This tradition holds that Dardanus was a Tyrrhenian prince, and that his mother Electra was married to Corythus, king of Tarquinia.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Dardanus
a son of Zeus and Electra, mythical ancestor of the Trojans; originally a king in Greece.
Mythology
Dardanus
(Dar′danus), a son of Jupiter, who built the city of Dardania, and by some writers was accounted the founder of Troy.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dardanus in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dardanus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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