Dardani

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

DA´RDANI(Δάρδανοι), a tribe in the south-west of Moesia, and extending also over a part of Illyricum. (Strab. 7. p. 316; Ptol. 3.9.2; Caes. Bell. 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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