This strait entering the Aegean may be named for Troy's founder, Dardanus
... Thia sea was so named becauae the legend had it that Aegeus, father of the 
hero ... Ilus founded the city of Illon, and then Dardanus, Troy and Ilium were 
united... [DOC] [TLE] Homer - The Iliad: Index BCDE - Poetry In Translation [PAR] She was the widow of King Mynes of Lyrnessus, an ally of Troy.