Dido of Carthage
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- Once Upon A time...
- Finally, I can rule
- One day the two of you will rule together!
- Long Live The King!
- It's so good to be the sole ruler!
- What about me?
- Happy Ending, Right?
- Is this happily ever after?
- Will you?
- I do!
- Obviously not!
- Dido is born in the 800BCs in modern day Lebanon to the King of Tyre. (Her exact birthdate is unknown) Her father made Dido nd her brother Pygmalion joint heirs.
- Wrong!
- At least I'm getting paid for this.
- Off with his head!
- Upon the king's death, the people mistaken Pygmalion as the only heir, leaving Dido angry and confused.
- Oh Farewell, Sweet Beloved!
- Take revenge for me!
- The marriage of Dido and Acerbas.
- New Beginnings...
- No one can stop me now!
- Go Dido, go
- As Acerbas was a very wealthy man, Pygmalion had him secretly killed in hopes of gaining his wealth.
- Have mercy on me!
- Acerbas' ghost came to Dido, telling her to flee because of how her brother killed him.
- Is that you, Acerbas?
- Frustrated and upset, Dido decides to set sail with her supporters to escape her brother and look for a new place to settle.
- Land?
- Let's have a deal...
- Sure!
- Look to Port!
- Where is this place?
- Just set out and find the best land available.
- Don't Judge A Book by It's Cover
- Deal!
- What a fool! She'll never be able to do it!
- Dido and her crew arrived at Cyprus to gain some new crewmates, there they took the priest of Jupiter, promising him success and 80 prostitutes as wives for the men.
- Dido VS Larbas
- Dido and her crew sailed south and ended up in Northern Africa.
- Up Up Goes the Lever Crane!
- Go! Go! Go! Don't rest until you're done!
- She bargained with King Larbas of the Berbers to rent a land. The king finally promised to allow her have as much land as she can mark out with an ox hide as he thought there would be no way for Dido to find it.
- No Pain, No Gain
- Now, lets see if there's any books about trade and economy.
- Thankfully, Dido have a trick of her own. She marked only the outskirt of the land she wanted with ox skin, and as the king promised, she got the land.
- We could cut it into thin strips and mark the outskirt.
- I hope I can be as smart as her.
- The building of Carthage.
- I'm hungry. When can I eat?
- Even though Carthage isn't the first colony that the Phoenician civilization have across the sea, Dido hopes to make Carthage one of the biggest ocean trade center.
- What A Wonderful Word...
- Long live the queen!
- Obviously I'm the best!
- Long live the queen!
- Secret Admirer?
- Here's a love letter signed by anonymous.
- Hmmm, who could this be?
- Oh My, It's the King!
- Ha! You have no choice now, do you?
- It's you!
- Finally Dido achieved her dream to rule as a queen. She completed her dream and truly made Carthage into one of the biggest trade centers in the Mediterranean.
- Oh No, Dido, Don't Go!
- Dido had many admirers since many people were impressed with Dido, for she turned the once abandoned desert into a prosperous city.
- Is This The End?
- How dare you kill our dear queen!
- She was so celebrates that even King Larbas asked for her hand in marriage. Since Dido was still in love with her first husband, she refused him. The king then threatens to make war on Carthage if she refused.
- Dido's Legacy Part 1
- There are many versions of the story, but the most realistic one mentions that Dido, still in love with her first husband, decided to kill herself with a sword as suicide so that she doesn't have to marry.
- Farewell, now I shall be with Acerbas!
- Dido, don't go!
- In another version, it mentions that Dido is in love with Aeneas, but was heartbroken because Aeneas had betrayed her. Since Aeneas leads the trojans, this is the reason that starts the famous Punic wars.
- Who cares about your queen!
- Dido discovered and founded Carthage and made it into one of the wealthiest city in the ancient world. Carthage also became a major trade center in the Mediterranean.
- Do you have a legacy like mine?
- Dido's Legacy Part 2
- Come explore with me!
- Contemporary Views
- Oh, beloved Carthage...
- Author's Note
- To answer important questions, please just look at cell 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 16 and 18. But I advice you to read the full version before reading the edited one.
- Dido is worshiped in Carthage as a legendary heroine. Tunisian women are also called the daughters of Dido because Dido founded it and Dido's image is even featured in its currency.
- Dido's story had been rewritten by many famous authors such as Ovid and Chaucer. There's also many plays written about her such as Dido and Aeneas and Dido of Carthage.
- Since Dido lived such a long time ago, no one really knows the accurate date, but it was estimated that she lived around the 800 BCs.
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