Elissa

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Elissa, also known as Dido, is the legendary Phoenician princess who founded the ancient city of Carthage and became its first queen.

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Elissa canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician princess
founder of city
legendary figure
mythological queen
alsoKnownAs Alyssa
Dido
Elissar
appearsIn Virgil's Aeneid
associatedWith Aeneas
Carthage
Tyre
category Carthaginian mythology
Characters in the Aeneid
Phoenician queens
culture Phoenician mythology
deathCause suicide (legendary account)
deathManner self-immolation (in some traditions)
ethnicity Phoenician
fledFrom Tyre
founded Carthage
foundingAct established Carthage in North Africa
gender female
historicStatus semi-legendary
influenced Roman literary tradition
knownFor founding the city of Carthage
tragic love story with Aeneas
languageContext Latin literary tradition
Phoenician language
surface form: Phoenician
ledGroup Phoenician settlers
literaryName Dido
mythologicalTradition Greco-Roman mythology
narrativeTheme city foundation
exile
tragic love
opponent Pygmalion of Tyre
placeOfOrigin Tyre
position Queen
regionFounded North Africa
relative Pygmalion
role first queen of Carthage
founder of Carthage
sibling Pygmalion
sourceType legend
spouse Acerbas
Sychaeus
timePeriod legendary early first millennium BCE
title Queen of Carthage
veneratedAs foundress of Carthage

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Dido nameVariant Elissa