DA´RDANI
Eth.
DA´RDANI (Eth.
Δάρδανοι), a tribe in the south-west of Moesia, and extending also over a part of Illyricum. (
Strab. vii. p.316;
Ptol. 3.9.2;
Caes. Civ. 3.4;
Liv. 40.57;
Plin. Nat. 3.29;
Cic. p. Sest. 43) According to Strabo, they were a very wild and filthy race, living in caves under dunghills, but very fond of music.
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