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Dido

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Dido , in Roman mythology, queen of Carthage, also called Elissa. She was the daughter of a king of Tyre. After her brother Pygmalion murdered her husband, she fled to Libya, where she founded and ruled Carthage. According to one legend, Dido threw herself on a burning pyre to escape marriage to the king of Libya. In the Aeneid, Vergil tells how she fell in love with Aeneas , who had been shipwrecked at Carthage, and destroyed herself on the pyre when, at Jupiter's command, he left to continue his journey to Italy. Author not available, DIDO. , The Columbia Encyclopedia,... Read more
Dido
Dido In Greek mythology, Dido was the founder and queen of Carthage, a city on the northern coast...Mutto), a king of Tyre in Phoenicia *, and the sister of Pygmalion. Dido is best known for her love affair with the Trojan hero Aeneas *. King... Read more
Dido
Dido In Greek and Roman legend, Phoenician princess and founder of Carthage . Carthage prospered and Dido's hand was sought by the king of Libya. To escape him she stabbed herself. Virgil made Dido a lover of Aeneas , and attributes her suicide to his decision to abandon her. Read more

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