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Dido (/ ˈ d aɪ d oʊ / DY-doh; Ancient Greek: Διδώ Greek pronunciation: [diː.dɔ̌ː], Latin pronunciation:), also known as Elissa (/ ə ˈ l ɪ s ə / ə-LISS-ə, Ἔλισσα), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC.
Dido, in Greek legend, the reputed founder of Carthage, daughter of the Tyrian king Mutto (or Belus), and wife of Sychaeus (or Acerbas). Her husband having been slain by her brother Pygmalion, Dido fled to the coast of Africa where she purchased from a local chieftain, Iarbas, a piece of land on.
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The earliest known person to have written about Dido was the Greek historian Timaeus of Taormina (c. 350–260 BCE). While Timaeus's writing did not survive, he is referenced by later writers. According to Timaeus, Dido founded Carthage in either 814 or 813 BCE. A later source is the first-century historian Josephus whose writings mention an Elissa w...
Dido was the daughter of the Tyrian king Mutto (also known as Belus or Agenor), and she was the sister of Pygmalion, who succeeded to the throne of Tyre when his father died. Dido married Acerbas (or Sychaeus), who was a priest of Hercules and a man of immense wealth; Pygmalion, jealous of his treasures, murdered him. The ghost of Sychaeus revealed...
While Dido is a unique and intriguing character, it is unclear whether there was a historical Queen of Carthage. In 1894, a small gold pendant was found in the 6th–7th century Douïmès cemetery at Carthage that was inscribed with a six-line epigraph that mentioned Pygmalion (Pummay) and provided a date of 814 BCE. That suggests that the founding dat...
Diskin, Clay. "The Archaeology of the Temple to Juno in Carthage (Aen. 1. 446-93)." Classical Philology83.3 (1988): 195–205. Print.Hard, Robin. "The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology." London: Routledge, 2003. Print.Krahmalkov, Charles R. "The Foundation of Carthage, 814 B.C. The Douïmès Pendant Inscription." Journal of Semitic Studies26.2 (1981): 177–91. Print.Leeming, David. "The Oxford Companion to World Mythology." Oxford UK: Oxford University Press, 2005. Print.Dido was a legendary Phoenician princess who founded Carthage and died for love of Aeneas, according to Vergil's Aeneid. Learn about her story, sources, and influence on later writers and culture.
Dido, Queen of Carthage, play in five acts by Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe, published in 1594. The play is based on the story of Dido and Aeneas as told in the fourth book of Virgil’s Aeneid. In the play, Dido, the queen of Carthage, is in love with Aeneas, who has taken refuge in Carthage.
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Jun 29, 2016 · Queen Dido (aka Elissa, from Elisha, or Alashiya, her Phoenician name) was a legendary Queen of Tyre in Phoenicia who was forced to flee the city with a loyal band of followers. Sailing west across the Mediterranean she founded the city of Carthage c. 813 BCE and later fell in love with the Trojan hero and founder of the Roman people Aeneas.
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Mar 17, 2019 · Dido, known also as Elissa in some sources, is a legendary queen who is credited with the founding of Carthage. The legend of Queen Dido is found in Greek and Roman sources, the best-known of which being Virgil’s Aeneid.
Dido was the founder and first queen of the city of Carthage, according to ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Carthage was located in the modern-day country of Tunisia. According to one source, an unnamed king who ruled over the city of Tyre had two children, Dido and Pygmalion.
