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DARDANIA (Ancient city) DARDANIA
It was a city founded by Dardanus before Troy (Il. 20.216) and did not exist in the time of Strabo (Strab. 13,1,24).
He was a son of Zeus, father of Erichthonius and grandfather of Tros. He founded the city of Dardania (Il. 20.215). Myrine, the daughter of Teucer, was his wife (Il. 2.814).
Dardanus, (Dardanos). The son of Zeus and Electra, the mythical ancestor of the Trojans, and through them of the Romans. The Greek traditions usually made him a king in Arcadia, from whence he emigrated first to Samothrace, and afterwards to Asia, where he received a tract of land from King Teucer, on which he built the town of Dardania. His grandson Tros removed to Troy the Palladium, which had belonged to his grandfather. According to the Italian traditions, Dardanus was the son of Corythus, an Etruscan prince of Corythus (Cortona); and, as in the Greek tradition, he afterwards emigrated to Phrygia.
This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Dardanus : Perseus Encyclopedia
DARDANIA (Ancient country) TURKEY
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Homer mentions that the Dardanians participated in the war of Troy on the side of the Trojans under the leadership of Aeneas, son of Anchises, Archelochus and Acamas (Il. 2.819-823).
He was the son of Antenor and leader along with his brother, Acamas, and Aeneas, son of Anchises, of the Dardanians (Il. 2.823). He was slain by Ajax the Telamonian (Il. 14.465).
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He was son of Antenor, brother of Archelochus and leader along with the latter and Aeneas, son of Anchises, of the Dardanians (Il. 2.823). He was slain by Meriones (Il. 16.342).
Acamas. A son of Antenor and Theano, was one of the bravest Trojans. (Hom. Il. ii. 823, xii. 100.) He avenged the death of his brother, who had been killed by Ajax, by slaying Promachus the Boeotian. (Il. xiv. 476.) He himself was slain by Meriones. (Il. xvi. 342.)
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