Dardanoi and Trojans Dardanians (Trojan)
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the royal house of troy divided 2 branches, of dardanoi, , of trojans (their city being called troy, or ilion/ilium). house of dardanoi (its members being dardanides, greek: Δαρδανίδες ) older house of troy, troy later became more powerful. aeneas referred in virgil s aeneid interchangeably dardanian or trojan, strictly speaking, aeneas of branch of dardanoi. many rulers of rome claimed descent aeneas , houses of troy , dardania. homer adds epithet dardanidi (Δαρδανίδη) priam , other prominent characters denoting members of house of dardanoi.
homer writes;
the dardanians led brave aeneas, whom fair aphrodite, goddess bedded mortal man, bore anchises in mountains of ida. not alone, him 2 sons of antenor, archilochus , acamas, both skilled in arts of war.
the strait of dardanelles named after dardanoi, lived in region.
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