Queen of Carthage
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The Queen of Carthage, traditionally identified as Dido or Elissa, is the legendary founder and first ruler of the ancient North African city of Carthage, famed from both Phoenician lore and Greco-Roman epic.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legendary figure
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ mythological queen ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dido
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elissa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Aeneid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phoenician foundation legends ⓘ Roman epic poetry ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Phoenician polytheism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Carthage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| centralEvent |
bargain for land measured by an oxhide
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flight from Tyre after husband’s murder ⓘ love affair with Aeneas ⓘ suicide on a pyre ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Phoenicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture |
Greco-Roman mythology
ⓘ
Phoenician mythology ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Justin (historian)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Servius NERFINISHED ⓘ Timaeus of Tauromenium NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Phoenician ⓘ |
| fledFrom | Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStoryline | foundation of Carthage and tragic death ⓘ |
| influenced |
later European literature
ⓘ
opera and drama about Dido ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | foreshadowing of Roman–Carthaginian enmity ⓘ |
| locatedInLegend |
North Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modern Tunisia ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
founder of Carthage
ⓘ
tragic lover of Aeneas ⓘ |
| occupation |
city founder
ⓘ
monarch ⓘ |
| positionHeld | founder and first ruler of Carthage ⓘ |
| relative | Pygmalion of Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Acerbas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sychaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
faithful widowhood in some traditions
ⓘ
founding of Carthaginian power ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| timePeriod | legendary early first millennium BC ⓘ |
| titleHeld | Queen of Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | culture hero of Carthage ⓘ |
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