Dardanus may refer to:

Greek mythology

* Dardanus (son of Zeus), the son of Zeus and Electra, and ancestor of the Trojans *

Dardanus (Scythian king) In Greek mythology, Dardanus (; el, Δάρδανος, ''Dardanos'') was a Scythian king, who was the father of Idaea, the second wife of Phineus, the king of Salmydessus in Thrace. After Idaea falsely accused Phineus' sons by his first wife, ...

, a Scythian king, and the father of Idaea who was the wife of King Phineus *, mythical ancestor of Dardani * Dardanus, the Trojan son of Bias, killed by Achilles

People

* Dardanus of Athens, 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 rec ...

*''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

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