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Δάρδανος, πόλις Τρωάδος, ἡ πρότερον Τευκρίς· Μνασέας δέ φησιν ὅτι “Δάρδανος ἐκ σι.... ἐκ τοῦ νεὼ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τὸ παλλάδιον ἀράμενος ἀφίκετο εἰς Σαμοθρᾴκην μετὰ Ἁρμονίας καὶ Ἰασίωνος [ἑνὸς] τῶν ἀδελφῶν, κἀκεῖ διάγοντα Κάδμος ὁ Ἀγήνορος ἐφιλοποιήσατο, καὶ ἀποθανούσης Τηλεφάης γαμεῖ τὴν Ἁρμονίαν ὁ Κάδμος καὶ ἀποστέλλει τὸν Δάρδανον εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν μετὰ τῶν ἑταίρων πρὸς Τεῦκρον τὸν Τρῶα· ὁ δὲ Τεῦκρος ἀναγνωρίσας τὸν Δάρδανον δίδωσιν αὐτῷ τὴν θυγατέρα Βάτειαν καὶ ἀποθνήσκων τὴν βασιλείαν. καὶ πόλιν ᾤκισε Δάρδανον καὶ Δαρδανίαν τὴν χώραν ὠνόμασεν, ἣ Τευκρίς πρότερον ἐκαλεῖτο”. αὕτη καὶ Δαρδανία. καὶ Δαρδανική καὶ Δαρδάνιοι καὶ Δαρδανίδαι καὶ [Δάρδανοι].

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Text Details

Entry	#18
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 218.10 · Billerbeck Δ18
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	97
Translation status	Most differences are mechanical: punctuation, diacritic/orthographic variants, editorial bracketing, and minor name-form variation. The single substantive difference is the insertion in Meineke of [ἑνὸς] after Ἰασίωνος ("one of the brothers"), which alters the referential scope. A few name-form spellings differ (Τηλεφάνης vs Τηλεφάης).

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Μνασέας (Mnaseas)	fr. 41 Cappelletto

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δάρδανος	Dardanos / Dardanus · place
Τρωάς	Troas · place
Τευκρίς	Teucris / Teukris · place
Ἀθηνᾶ	Athena · deity
Σαμοθράκη	Samothrace · place
Ἁρμονία	Harmonia · person
Ἰασίων	Iasion · person
Κάδμος	Cadmus · person
Ἀγήνωρ	Agenor · person
Τηλεφάνης	Telephanes · person
Ἀσία	Asia · place
Τεῦκρος	Teucer / Teucrus · person
Βάτεια	Batea · person
Δαρδανία	Dardania · place
Δαρδανική	Dardanian (adj./ethnic form) · other
Δαρδάνιοι	Dardanians · people
Δαρδανίδαι	Dardanidae · people
Δάρδανοι	Dardanoi · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	“Dardanos: a city of the Troad, formerly called Teukris.” (i.e. the city was once named after Teucer)
Folk Etymology Narrative	“Mnaséas says that Dardanus, having taken the Palladion from the temple of Athena, came to Samothrace with Harmonia and Iasion ... Cadmus loved Harmonia there ... Cadmus sends Dardanus to Asia with companions to Teucer the Trojan; Teucer, recognizing Dardanus, gives him his daughter Bateia.” (mythic narrative explaining Dardanus' arrival and relationship to Teucer)
Eponym Person	“And he founded the city Dardanos and named the country Dardania, which was formerly called Teukris.” (explicit statement that the place was named after Dardanus and that its earlier name was Teukris)

Links

Place links	Dardanos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_043.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.179

char LCS 405 (76.0%) · word LCS 74 (75.5%)

Stephanos

Δάρδανος, πόλις Τρωάδος, ἡ πρότερον Τευκρίς· Μνασέας δέ φησιν ὅτι “Δάρδανος ἐκ σι.... ἐκ τοῦ νεὼ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τὸ παλλάδιον ἀράμενος ἀφίκετο εἰς Σαμοθρᾴκην μετὰ Ἁρμονίας καὶ Ἰασίωνος [ἑνὸς] τῶν ἀδελφῶν, κἀκεῖ διάγοντα Κάδμος ὁ Ἀγήνορος ἐφιλοποιήσατο, καὶ ἀποθανούσης Τηλεφάης γαμεῖ τὴν Ἁρμονίαν ὁ Κάδμος καὶ ἀποστέλλει τὸν Δάρδανον εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν μετὰ τῶν ἑταίρων πρὸς Τεῦκρον τὸν Τρῶα· ὁ δὲ Τεῦκρος ἀναγνωρίσας τὸν Δάρδανον δίδωσιν αὐτῷ τὴν θυγατέρα Βάτειαν καὶ ἀποθνήσκων τὴν βασιλείαν. καὶ πόλιν ᾤκισε Δάρδανον καὶ Δαρδανίαν τὴν χώραν ὠνόμασεν, ἣ Τευκρίς πρότερον ἐκαλεῖτο”. αὕτη καὶ Δαρδανία. καὶ Δαρδανική καὶ Δαρδάνιοι καὶ Δαρδανίδαι καὶ [Δάρδανοι].

Herodian

…ς Δημήτριός φησι κατὰ Τιμοσθένην, Ῥοδανός ποταμός, Ἠριδανός ποταμός, Ἐδδανός, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἔδδανα πόλις πρὸς τῷ Εὐφράτῃ. ἐφυλάξατο δὲ ὁ κανὼν «τὸ 'ρ' πρὸ τοῦ 'δ' ὑπάρχον» διὰ τὸ Δάρδανος πόλις Τρωάδος. Μνασέας «Δάρδανος ἐξιὼν ἐκ τοῦ νεὼ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τὸ παλλάδιον ἀράμενος ἀφίκετο εἰς Σαμοθρᾴκην μετὰ Ἁρμονίας καὶ Ἰασίωνος ἑνὸς τῶν ἀδελφῶν, κἀκεῖ διάγοντα Κάδμος ὁ Ἀγήνορος ἐφιλοποιήσατο, καὶ ἀποθανούσης Τηλεφάης γαμεῖ τὴν Ἁρμονίαν ὁ Κάδμος καὶ ἀποστέλλει τὸν Δάρδανον εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν μετὰ τῶν ἑταίρων πρὸς Τεῦκρον τὸν Τρῶα· ὁ δὲ Τεῦκρος ἀναγνωρίσας τὸν Δάρδανον δίδωσιν αὐτῷ τὴν θυγατέρα Βάτειαν καὶ ἀποθνήσκων τὴν βασιλείαν. καὶ πόλιν ᾤκισε Δάρδανον καὶ Δαρδανίαν τὴν χώραν ὠνόμασεν, ἣ Τευκρὶς πρότερον ἐκαλεῖτο». Ἰάρδανος ποταμὸς Λυδίας. Ὅμηρος «Ἰαρδάνου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα» (Il. Η 135), ἃ προπαροξύνονται. «τὸ δὲ 'ε' πρὸ τοῦ 'α'» διὰ τὸ ὠκεανός ὁ ποταμὸς ὁ περιέχων τὴν γῆν. Φαβωρῖνος ἐν ταῖς παντοδαπαῖς ἱστορίαις «προσαγορεύουσι δὲ τὴ…