Dardanus

Dardanus or Dardanos may refer to:

Greek mythology

• Dardanus (mythology), the name of several figures from Greek mythology, including:
  • Dardanus (son of Zeus), the son of Zeus and Electra, and ancestor of the Trojans
  • Dardanus (son of Illyrius)
  • Dardanus (mythological king), a Scythian king, and the father of Idaea who was the wife of King Phineus

People

• Dardanus of Athens, a Stoic philosopher, c. 100 BC
• Caius Posthumus Dardanus, a praetorian prefect of Gaul from the early fifth century

Astronomy

• Dardanus Sulcus, a bright, tectonic, grooved terrain on Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter.

Music

• Dardanus (Rameau), an opera in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau
• Dardanus (Sacchini), an opera in four acts by Antonio Sacchini
• Dardanus (Raymond Leppard recording), an album of 1981

Drama

• Dardanus, a lost play by the Greek comic poet Menander
• Dardanus, a lost play by the Roman comic poet Caecilius Statius

Animals

• Dardanus (crustacean), genus of hermit crabs belonging to the family Diogenidae

Other

• Dardanus (city), an ancient city on the coast of the Hellespont
• Treaty of Dardanos, a peace treaty between Rome and Pontus, 85 BC

See also

• Dardan (disambiguation)