Dardanus or Dardanos may refer to:

Greek mythology

Dardanus (son of Zeus) In Greek mythology, Dardanus (; Ancient Greek: Δάρδανος, ''Dardanos'') was the founder of the city of Dardanus at the foot of Mount Ida in the Troad. Family Dardanus was a son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra, daughter of Atlas ...

, the son of Zeus and Electra, and ancestor of the Trojans * Dardanus (mythological king), a Scythian king, and the father of Idaea who was the wife of King Phineus * Dardanus, a son of

Illyrius Illyrius ( grc, Ἰλλυριός, ''Illyriós'') is the son of Cadmus and Harmonia, who eventually ruled Illyria and became the eponymous ancestor of the Illyrians. Illyrius/Illyriós/Illyri is a name known in different stories found in ancient G ...

* Dardanus, the Trojan son of

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, killed by Achilles * Dardanus, son of Sophalexios and Lysimache, a daughter of King Priam of Troy

People

Dardanus of Athens Dardanus (; el, Δάρδανος, ''Dardanos'') was a Stoic philosopher, who lived c. 160 – c. 85 BC. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon and Antipater of Tarsus. Cicero mentions himCicero, ''Academica'', 2. 69. as being one of the leaders of ...

, a Stoic philosopher, c. 100 BC *

Caius Posthumus Dardanus Claudius Postumus Dardanus was a praetorian prefect of Gaul from the early fifth century AD, who was against Jovinus, considered as a usurper of imperial authority. Dardanus made him suffer the last penalty after he had been defeated in Valencia by ...

, a praetorian prefect of Gaul from the early fifth century *Dardanus, addressee of a letter by Saint Jerome; see Jerome#Letters

Music

* ''Dardanus'' (Rameau), an opera in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau * ''Dardanus'' (Sacchini), an opera in four acts by Antonio Sacchini

Drama

*''Dardanus'', a lost play by the Greek comic poet

Menander Menander (; grc-gre, Μένανδρος ''Menandros''; c. 342/41 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His re ...

*''Dardanus'', a lost play by the Roman comic poet

Caecilius Statius Statius Caecilius, also known as Caecilius Statius (; c. 220 BC – c. 166 BC), was a Roman comic poet. Life and work A contemporary and intimate friend of Ennius, according to tradition he was born in the territory of the Insubrian ...

Animals

* ''Dardanus'' (crustacean), a genus of hermit crabs belonging to the family Diogenidae *''

Papilio dardanus ''Papilio dardanus'', the African swallowtail, mocker swallowtail or flying handkerchief, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). The species is broadly distributed throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The British e ...

'', a swallowtail butterfly

Other

Dardanus (city) Dardanus ( gr, Δάρδανος, ''Dardanos'') was an ancient city in the Troad. It was sometimes called Dardania, a term used also for the district around it. Pliny the Elder called it Dardanium. Location At the time of the geographer Strab ...

, an ancient city on the coast of the Hellespont, where the

Treaty of Dardanos The Treaty of Dardanos (85 BC) was a treaty between Rome and Pontus signed between Lucius Cornelius Sulla of Rome and King Mithridates VI of Pontus. It ended the First Mithridatic War. Defeat of Mithridates Due the victories over Mithridate ...