Editing Dardanus (son of Zeus) (section)

== Mythology ==
[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]] (1.61–62) states that Dardanus' original home was in Arcadia, where Dardanus and his elder brother [[Iasus]] (elsewhere more commonly called Iasion) reigned as kings following Atlas. Dardanus married Chryse, daughter of Pallas (son of Lycaon),<ref>Graves, Robert. ''The Greek Myths'', {{ISBN|0-14-017199-1}}, p.358</ref> by whom he fathered two sons: [[Idaeus]] and [[Deimas]]. When a [[deluge (mythology)|great flood]] occurred, the survivors, who were living on mountains that had now become islands, split into two groups: one group remained and took Deimas as king while the other sailed away, eventually settling in the island of Samothrace. There Iasus (Iasion) was slain by [[Zeus]] for lying with [[Demeter]].<ref name=":0">[[Pseudo-Scymnus|Pseudo-Scymnos]], ''Circuit de la terre'' 535 ff.</ref> Dardanus and his people found the land poor and so most of them set sail for [[Asia Minor]].

A different account in [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'' (3.163f) has Aeneas in a dream learn from his ancestral [[Penates]] that "Dardanus and Father Iasius" and the Penates themselves originally came from Hesperia, afterwards renamed as [[Italy]].  This tradition holds that Dardanus was a [[Tyrrhenians|Tyrrhenian]] prince, and that his mother Electra was married to Corythus, king of [[Tarquinia]].<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 7.195-242; 8. 596 ss.; 9. 10; Servio ad Vergilium, ''Aeneidos'' 9.10</ref>

Other accounts make no mention of Arcadia or Hesperia, though they sometimes mention a flood and speak of Dardanus sailing on a hide-raft (as part of the flood story?) from [[Samothrace]] to the [[Troad]] near [[Abydos, Hellespont|Abydos]]. All accounts agree that Dardanus came to the Troad from Samothrace<ref name=":0" /> and was there welcomed by [[King Teucer]]. Dardanus married [[Batea (daughter of Teucer)|Batea]] the daughter of Teucer. (Dionysius mentions that Dardanus' first wife Chryse had died.) Dardanus received land on [[Mount Ida]] from his father-in-law. There Dardanus founded the city of [[Dardanus (city)|Dardanus]] which became the capital of his kingdom.<ref name=":0" /> He later founded the city of [[Thymbra]] in honor of his friend [[Thymbraeus (mythology)|Thymbraeus]], who is said to have been killed by Dardanus. Dardanus waged war successfully against his neighbors, especially distinguishing himself against the [[Paphlagonia|Paphlagonians]] and thereby extending the boundaries of his kingdom with considerable acquisitions.

[[File:Turkish Strait disambig.svg|thumb|right|200px|The strait of the [[Dardanelles]] (yellow) takes its name from [[Dardanus (city)|Dardanus]].]]

Dardanus' children by Batea were [[Ilus (son of Dardanus)|Ilus]], [[Erichthonius (son of Dardanus)|Erichthonius]], [[Idaea]]{{according to whom|date=October 2018}} and [[Zakynthos (mythology)|Zacynthus]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.24.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 8.24.3]</ref> Ilus died before his father.  According to [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], Zacynthus was the first settler on the island afterwards called [[Zacynthus]].<ref>[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], ''Antiquitates Romanae'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/1C*.html#50 1.50.3].</ref> Dardanus' sons by Chryse, his first wife, were Idaeus and Dimas. Dionysius says (1.61.4) that Dimas and Idaeus founded colonies in Asia Minor. Idaeus gave his name to the Idaean mountains, that is [[Mount Ida]], where he built a temple to the Mother of the Gods ([[Cybele]]) and instituted mysteries and ceremonies still observed in [[Phrygia]] in Dionysius's time. According to [[Dictys Cretensis]], his wife was called [[Olizone]], daughter of Phineus and became the mother of [[Erichthonius of Dardania|Erichthonius]].<ref>[[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#3.5 ''Trojan War Chronicle'' 3.5] & [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.22 4.22]</ref> In other accounts, the wife of Dardanus was called [[Arisbe (mythology)|Arisbe]], daughter of King Teucer of [[Crete]]<ref>[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 1298</ref> or King [[Macareus of Rhodes|Macareus]] of [[Lesbos]].<ref name="Stephanus">[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Arisbe''</ref>

Dardanus reigned for 64 or 65 years and was succeeded by his son Erichthonius or in some accounts, Ilus.