In 385 BC, the Illyrians formed an alliance with the powerful tyrant Dionysius of Syracuse.
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In Greek mythology, Dardanus (Δάρδανος), one of the sons of Illyrius (the others being Enchelus, Autarieus, Maedus, Taulas, and Perrhaebus) was the eponymous ancestor of the Dardanoi (Δάρδανοι).
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Robert Graves connected Greek δάρδανος "burned up" (from the verb δαρδάπτω dardapto "...to wear, to slay, to burn up").
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The name Andinus appears among the central Illyrian and Dalmatian names, but the worship of Andinus seems to have been a local cult of southwestern Dardania as it doesn't appear in other parts of the Illyricum or the Roman Empire.