Dares

, a Phrygian who lived during the Trojan war, in which he was engaged, and of which he wrote the history in Greek. This history was extant in the age of Ælian; the Latin translation, now extant, is universally believed to be spurious, though it is attributed by some to Cornel i us Nepos. The best edition is that of Smids cum not. var. 4to & 8vo, Amsterdam, 1702.— Homer , Iliad , bk. 5 , lis. 10 & 27.――One of the companions of Æneas, descended from Amycus, and celebrated as a pugilist at the funeral games in honour of Hector, where he killed Butes. He was killed by Turnus in Italy. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 5 , li. 369 ; bk. 12 , li. 363 .