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Dido: Carthage
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Despite her apathy, Dido still remains bitter towards Aeneas, just as portrayed by Virgil. In numerous references to Aeneas, Dido vilifies him through the words she uses. For example, contemplating the possibility of a baby fathered by Aeneas, Dido refers to such a baby as "condemned by you before it leaves the womb" (Ovid 145). Also, she regrets his landing in Carthage all together, for then she would be free of her problematic situation. Having tainted her reputation and losing her city, Dido holds Aeneas responsible for all her troubles due to his faithlessness. As a result of their broken relationship, Dido struggles with guilt for her sacrificing her chastity to be with Aeneas:
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In Greek and Roman sources Dido appears as the founder and first Queen of Carthage (in modern-day Tunisia). She is best known from the account given by the Roman poet Virgil in his Aeneid. In some sources she is ... known as Elissa.
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[W]hen Aeneas arrives in Carthage he is welcomed by Dido. And when she picks him up (because he is a child) he breathes on her and she falls in love with Aeneas. (One of cupids powers, instead of arrows his breath does a similar thing with they breath it in..) Aeneas told Dido of his journeys and battles. And Dido considered this a "marriage". AND Carthage. (Greedy greedy) And He prays to Zeus who sends Hermes to remind Aeneas of his actual mission.
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The story of Dido and Aeneas remained popular throughout the post-Renaissance era, and was the basis for the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell and the drama Dido, Queen of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe. Even today, Dido appears in Sid Meier's strategy game Civilization II, as the female leader of the Carthaginian tribe, and in Civilization IV as the leader of the Phoenician tribe.
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Dido, the noble Queen of Carthage, has fallen in love with the Trojan prince Aeneas. While the court celebrates the imminent union of the two monarchs, the evil Sorceress with her coven of witches plots their downfall. Romance leads to heartbreak and tragedy.
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Regardless of Aeneas lack of response and his unsympathetic treatment to her, Dido still remains steadfast in her love for him (Watkins 32). Because she is concerned for Aeneas' safety in traveling the seas, Dido requests that Aeneas remain in Carthage a little longer until the seas have calmed. As much as she detests Aeneas, Dido would rather hate him alive than when he is dead, for she fears the guilt of being responsible for his death at sea:
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