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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), [1] was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC.
Dido is seen seated, with her arms stretched in the shape of a cross. For Fuseli, Dido's suicide is an example of a "supreme beauty in the jaws of death". The goddess Juno, enemy of Aeneas, sent her messenger Iris to cut a lock of the queen's hair, and this is the scene depicted in the painting. At the foot of her corpse, there is a woman ...
Penthesilea (Greek: Πενθεσίλεια, romanized: Penthesíleia) was an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope, and Melanippe. She assisted Troy in the Trojan War, during which she was killed by Achilles or Neoptolemus.
Articles related to the mythology of Carthage. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. B. Baal (6 C, 57 P) T. Tanit (1 C, 30 P)
Ganymede also appears in the opening of Christopher Marlowe's play Dido, Queen of Carthage, where his and Zeus's affectionate banter is interrupted by an angry Aphrodite (Venus). [43] In the later Jacobean tragedy Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton , Ganymede, Hebe , and Hymen briefly appear to serve as cup bearers to the court, one of ...
Until 308 BC Carthage was ruled, at least officially, by monarchs, in the sense of the word that executive power was held by one person. [1] It also seems for the time period below to have been passed down in the clan of the Magonids. The title itself was most likely Suffete. [2]: 115–116 Hannonids. Hanno I c. 580 – c. 556 BC
Dido, Queen of Carthage (full title: The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage) is a short play written by the English playwright Christopher Marlowe, with possible contributions by Thomas Nashe. It was probably written between 1587 and 1593, and was first published in 1594. The story focuses on the classical figure of Dido, the Queen of Carthage.
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