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Entry #18
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 218.10 | Billerbeck: Δ18
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count: 97
Sources: Μνασέας (Mnaseas) fr. 41 Cappelletto
Entities: 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: 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)
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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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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…