In ancient Roman myth, Dido was the founder and queen of Carthage. In the ancient tale, when she arrived at the site that later became Carthage, washed up by a storm or in flight, she made a deal with a local headman that she could have as much land as she could encompass in an oxhide. So she cut it into a single strip large enough to enclose the site of Carthage.
In Vergil's Aeneid, she entertained Aeneus, the founder of Rome, after he fled from Troy. Pricked by Cupid's arrow, she fell in love with Aeneus. Because of complicated rivalries among the gods, Jupiter (Zeus to the ancient Greeks), Mercury, the messenger of the Roman gods (Hermes to the Greeks), told Aeneus he must leave this land, taking his followers to what became the Italian peninsula. After Aeneus left Dido, she became so distraught, she killed herself.
English word: A dido is a fanciful caper or antic; also a fancy, curved edge.
In Vergil's Aeneid, she entertained Aeneus, the founder of Rome, after he fled from Troy. Pricked by Cupid's arrow, she fell in love with Aeneus. Because of complicated rivalries among the gods, Jupiter (Zeus to the ancient Greeks), Mercury, the messenger of the Roman gods (Hermes to the Greeks), told Aeneus he must leave this land, taking his followers to what became the Italian peninsula. After Aeneus left Dido, she became so distraught, she killed herself.
English word: A dido is a fanciful caper or antic; also a fancy, curved edge.
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