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
Salmydessus or Salmydessos ( grc, Σαλμυδησσός), also Halmydessus or Halmydessos (Ἁλμυδισσός), was a coast-town of ancient Thrace, on the Euxine, about northwest of the entrance of the Bosporus. The eastern offshoots of the Ha ...
in
Thrace. After Idaea falsely accused Phineus' sons by his first wife, she was sent back to Dardanus, where he condemned her to death.
The father of Phineus's wife Idaea, has sometimes been confused with, or considered to be the same as the
Dardanus who was the son of Zeus and Electra, and ancestor of the
Trojans.
[Both Smith]
s.v. Dardanus
and Grimal, s.v. Dardanus, consider the son of Zeus and the father of Idaea to be the same, however the modern scholarly consensus seems to consider the two as distinct, see for example: Tripp, s.v. Dardanus 1, 2 p. 190; Hazel
s.v. Dardanus 1, 2 p. 164
Parada, s.v. Dardanus 1, 2 p. 60; Gentili
p. 20 n. 42
Notes
References
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Apollodorus
Apollodorus (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ''Apollodoros'') was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to: ...
, ''Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes.'' Cambridge, MA,
Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921
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Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus, or Diodorus of Sicily ( grc-gre, Διόδωρος ; 1st century BC), was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which su ...
, ''Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History''. Translated by C. H. Oldfather. Twelve volumes.
Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb; , ) is a series of books originally published by Heinemann in London, but is currently published by Harvard University Press. The library contains important works of ancient Greek and L ...
. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989
Online version by Bill Thayer
*
Gentili, Alberico, ''De Armis Romanis'', editors: Benedict Kingsbury, Benjamin Straumann, Translated by David Lupher, OUP Oxford, 2011. .
* Grimal, Pierre, ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, .
* Hazel, John, Michael Grant, Routledge, 2004, .
* Parada, Carlos, ''Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology'', Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. .
*
Smith, William; ''
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', London (1867)
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Tripp, Edward, ''Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology'', Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970). {{ISBN, 069022608X.
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