Dardani
Δάρδανοι
Eth. Dardani (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.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.