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Dido (Legendary character)

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingDido (Legendary character)
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Variant(s)Alyssa (Legendary character)
Elissa (Legendary character)
Dido, Queen of Carthage (Legendary character)
Associated countryCarthage (Extinct city)
Profession or occupationQueens
Found inIn search of ancient North Africa, 2017: jacket flap (Queen Dido)
Wikipedia, 8 November 2018: Dido, Queen of Carthage (Ancient Greek and Roman writers said that Dido was the first Queen of Carthage who lived in the 9th century BC; some parts of her life may be true, other parts are myths; she is also called Alyssa; she was worshipped as a goddess in ancient Carthage)
Britannica micro. (Dido, also called Elissa, in Greek legend, the reputed founder of Carthage, daughter of the Tyrian king Mutton, and wife of Acerbas)
Ox. classic. dict. (Dido, legendary daughter of a king of Tyre)
Acad. Am. encyc. (Dido, in Roman mythology)
Invalid LCCNsh 91000652