Encyclopedia > Dardanus

  Article Content

Dardanus

In Greek mythology, Dardanus ("burner up") was a son of Electra and Zeus. He married Batea, daughter of King Teucer. He received from his father-in-law land near Abydos. He was known primarily for founding the city of Dardania, an earlier name for Troy. He also sailed, on a hide-raft, from Samothrace to Troas[?].



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Anna Karenina

... Dolly's sister Katarina (Kitty) whom he has previously been courting. As the novel opens, Stiva's friend Levin has returned Moscow from his country estate with th ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 24.1 ms