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دیدو (ملکه کارتاژ)
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In Greek and Roman mythology, Dido ( ; ; ), also known as Elissa ( ; ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage. In most accounts, she was originally the joint ruler of Tyre who fled tyranny to found her own city in northwest Africa, now modern-day Tunisia. As she is only known from ancient Greek and Roman sources, all of which were written well after Carthage's founding, her historicity remains uncertain.
Dido, also known as Elissa, was a legendary figure from ancient mythology who founded the city of Carthage in what is now Tunisia and served as its first queen. Although ancient Greek and Roman writers portrayed her as a Phoenician ruler from Tyre who fled to establish her own city, historians cannot confirm whether she was a real historical person since all surviving accounts were written long after Carthage's founding.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Roman
- Deity.god_of
- Queen of Carthage
- Deity.image
- Affresco romano - Enea e di (cropped).jpg
- Deity.caption
- Dido and Aeneas, from a Roman fresco, Pompeian Third Style (10 BC – 45 AD), Pompeii, Italy.
- Deity.father
- Belus or Mattan I
- Deity.siblings
- Anna
- Deity.abode
- Tyre, Carthage
- Deity.consorts
- Acerbas, Aeneas
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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ancient Carthage
- Place of birth
- Tyre
- Place of death
- Carthage
- Spouse
- Acerbas
- Father
- Agenor
- Sibling
- Pygmalion of Tyre
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- queen regnant
- Languages spoken
- Punic
- Religion
- Punic religion
- Image
- Didon, détail du Vergilius Romanus, folio 100, verso.jpg
- Work location
- Carthage
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- Dido
- present in work
- Civilization V
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- stabbing
- unmarried partner
- Aeneas
- ethnic group
- Punic people
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