Dido Queene of Carthage, The Tragedie of

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | 251 words | Copyright

Dido Queene of Carthage, The Tragedie of, written by Marlowe and Nashe, published in 1594. It is closely based on Virgil's Aeneid (Bks 1, 2, and 4), depicting Dido's failure to persuade Aeneas to stay with her in Carthage and her subsequent suicide.

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