Dardan

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Dárdanoi (Δάρδανοι) Dárdanos (Δάρδανος).” Etymologically, their name may be derived from an Illyrian word meaning “pear.” 1) The Dardanoi (Dardanians or Dardans) in classical writings were either the same people as, or a people closely related to, the Trojans, an ancient people of the Troad, located in northwestern Anatolia. The Dardanoi derived their name from Dardanus, the mythical founder of Dardania, an old city in the Troad. 2) In Greek mythology, Dardanus was a son of Zeus and Electra, daughter of Atlas, and founder of the city of Dardanus at the foot of Mount Ida in the Troad.