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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 (Didone), Queen of Carthage, had been promised in marriage to King Iarbas (Iarba), but fell in love with the Trojan warrior Aeneas (Enea), who had been shipwrecked on the shores of her city. Iarbas appears disguised as "Arbace" to warn Dido that Aeneas cannot become King of Carthage. Nevertheless, Dido refuses to marry Iarbas.
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 ...
Dido (Didone), Queen of Carthage, is promised in marriage to King Iarbas (Iarba), but has fallen in love with the Trojan warrior Aeneas (Enea), who had been shipwrecked on the shores of her city. Iarbas appears disguised as "Arbace" to warn Dido that Aeneas cannot become King of Carthage. Nevertheless, Dido refuses to marry Iarbas.
Dido’s love for Aeneas, of course, ends tragically, with Dido killing herself after her beloved abandons her to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome.
After Dido forces Aeneas to leave, she states that "Death must come when he is gone." The opera and Dido's life both slowly come to a conclusion, as the Queen of Carthage sings her last aria, "When I am laid in Earth", also known as "Dido's Lament." The chorus and orchestra then conclude the opera once Dido is dead by ordering the "cupids to ...
The Queen of Christmas reminds us to be thankful. 12. Dido, "Thank You" ... A reminder to be most thankful for the love you have for each other. (Also a reminder of oh-so-many first dances from ...
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.