DIDO

dīˈdō, in Roman mythology, queen of Carthage, also called Elissa. She was the daughter of a king of Tyre. After her brother Pygmalion murdered her husband, she fled to Libya, where she founded and ruled Carthage. According to one legend, Dido threw herself on a burning pyre to escape marriage to the king of Libya. In the Aeneid, Vergil tells how she fell in love with Aeneas, who had been shipwrecked at Carthage, and destroyed herself on the pyre when, at Jupiter's command, he left to continue his journey to Italy.

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Dido, Queen of Hearts
Book by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton; H. Liveright, 1929
Subjects: Carthage (Extinct City)--Fiction, Dido (Legendary Character)--Fiction
you have dwelt among us. Dido has done you no wrong, AEneas. Your...you wrong again and again, but never Dido. And she loves you as never before...unrelenting. " Anna," he said hoarsely, " Dido loves no more than I. But the hand of...
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The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook
Book by Ronald Wixman; M.E. Sharpe,Inc., 1984
Subjects: Ethnology--Soviet Union--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
not written and Avar serves as the literary language of the Dido. POP: 3,276 1926 . The Dido are Sunni Moslem in religion. They, like the other Andi-Dido peoples, are being assimilated by the Avars. They live in the highest...
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Power and Prowess: The Origins of Brooke Kingship in Sarawak
Book by J. H. Walker; Allen & Unwin, 2002
Subjects: Sarawak--History
113 Brooke, Dido, I, p. 32 original emphasis . Compare to the...115 Brooke, Iris, I, p. 18. 116 Brooke, Dido, I, p. 33. 117 Welters, op. cit, p. 14. 118 Brooke, Dido, I, p. 33. 119 Brooke, Dido, I, p. 92...
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Virgil Recomposed: The Mythological and Secular Centos in Antiquity
Book by Scott McGill; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Centos--History And Criticism, Epic Poetry, Latin--Adaptations--History And Criticism, Mythology, Roman, In Literature, Virgil--Adaptations--History And Criticism, Virgil--Appreciaton--Rome, Virgil--Parodies, Imitations, Etc--History And Criticism
...praising Augustus through Aeneas. On Donatus's reading of the Dido story, see Ray- mond J. Starr, Explaining Dido to Your Son: Tiberius Claudius Donatus on Vergil's Dido, CJ 87.1 (1991): 25-34. 81. A notable example in late antiquity...
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The Primacy of Vision in Virgil's Aeneid
Book by Riggs Alden Smith; University of Texas Press, 2005
Subjects: Aeneas (Legendary Character) In Literature, Art And Literature--Rome, Epic Poetry, Latin--History And Criticism, Rome--In Literature, Virgil--Aeneis, Vision In Literature, Visions In Literature, Visual Perception In Literature
...initial meeting of Dido and Aeneas, Virgil...vision and language. Didos first sight of Aeneas...sympathetic human being. Didos gaze transforms Aeneas...visible, to whom Dido re- acts with thoughtful...Aeneasvision of Dido temporarily obscures...tially reciprocates Didos passion and devotion...
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Marlowe's Travesty of Virgil: Dido and Elizabethan Dreams of Empire
Journal article by Donald Stump; Comparative Drama, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Elizabeth I, Queen of England--Foreign relations, Imperialism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., International relations--England, Marlowe, Christopher--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Queens--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Race relations--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...queens, saying, "Dido, one woman surpasses...lines call to mind Didos sufferings at the...between Elizabeth and Dido were, however, not...desires that led to Didos fall. Though largely...Cupids use of Dido as his plaything when...Aeneass cowardice and Didos unseemly coarseness...
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A Comparative Study of the Dido-Aeneas Episode in Virgil's Aeneid and Christopher Marlowe's Dido, Queene of Carthage
Journal article by Donatella Du Plessis; Akroterion, 2008
Subjects: Aeneid (Virgil) (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Dido, Queene of Carthage (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Marlowe, Christopher--Criticism and interpretation, Marlowe, Christopher--Works, Queens--Portrayals, Virgil--Criticism and interpretation, Virgil--Works
...Ganymede is paralleled in Didos unnatural love for Aeneas. Both Jupiter and Dido assume the role of...to be paraded "as Didos husband through the...4.4.67). Dido further degrades herself...first reference to Dido after Virgil and tells the story from Didos perspective (an idea...
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Epic Transgression and the Framing of Agency in "Dido Queen of Carthage"
Journal article by Clare R. Kinney; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 40, 2000
Subjects: Dido Queen of Carthage (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Drama--16th century, Literature--16th century, Marlowe, Christopher--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...seems to offer a "Dido script" centering upon Didos subject position...material circumstances of Didos sixteenth-century...Marlowe produces a "Dido script" which threatens...time," to reframe Didos death and to "finish off" Dido in his own fashion...
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Dido, Queen of Carthage
Journal article by Peter Kirwan; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 27, 2009
Subjects: Dido, Queen of Carthage (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...drama at the plays core. In Dido and Aeneas, Anastasia Hille...Cupids intervention, Hilles Dido was fixated exclusively on Aeneas...in focus lent great pathos to Didos situation, and her actions...concerns of individual humans. Dido, on her first appearance...
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Dido, Queen of Carthage
Journal article by Rachel Wifall; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 23, 2005
Subjects: Dido Queen of Carthage (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...colorful feathers and wings. Dido also dressed colorfully, while...tinsel, provided the rain; when Dido, Iarbus, and Anna threw themselves...Rachel Axelrod--as both Didos sister Anna and Aeneas protective...to the sparkling and haughty Dido. Mickey Corporon provided some...
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magazine articles on: Dido  - 222 results

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The Search for Dido: Sarah Minney, a Genealogist-Researcher, Solves the Mystery of the Later Life of a Famous Black Beauty of the Late 18th Century
Magazine article by Sarah Minney; History Today, Vol. 55, October 2005
Subjects: Belle, Dido Elizabeth--Behavior, British history, 1714-1815
...he had at least one child (Dido) in around 1763. What became of Didos mother is unknown; perhaps...her life out elsewhere while Dido was brought up in England, or perhaps she died during Didos early childhood. With Lindsay...
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Toronto Masque Theatre: Dido and Aeneas/aeneas and Dido
Magazine article by Paula Citron; Opera Canada, Vol. 48, Summer 2007
Subjects: Dobson, Alexander, Dunn, Teri, Opera, Toronto Masque Theatre, Toronto Ontario Canada, Whicher, Monica
Toronto Masque Theatre: Dido and Aeneas/aeneas and Dido by Paula Citron Toronto Masque Theatre: Dido and Aeneas/Aeneas and Dido Toronto Masque Theatre, under Artistic Director Larry Beckwith, has a mandate to blend the performing arts together...
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Dido and Aeneas
Magazine article by Neil Crory; Opera Canada, Vol. 41, Fall 2000
...Henry Purcells chamber opera Dido and Aeneas (1689) was conceived...expression. In the opera, Dido, the Queen of Carthage, has...in prosprous state"plots Didos downfall by conjuring up a vision...After a painful farewell, Dido resigns herself to death. Morriss...
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Dido and Aeneas and Acis and Galatea
Magazine article by Christopher Monk; Musical Opinion, Vol. 132, May/Jun 2009
Dido and Aeneas and Acis and Galatea by Christopher...realised this was only the second night ever for Dido and Aeneas; as it lasts just an hour it is...would add up to a greater sum, and it did. Dido and Aeneas vf as dimly lit from start to finish...
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Dido and Aeneas
Magazine article by Urjo Kareda; Opera Canada, Vol. 42, Summer 2001
...Dido and Aeneas by Urjo Kareda DIDO AND AENEAS Purcell Lynne Dawson...and this new recording of Dido and Aeneas is an excellent example...nest hiss. Thus, when Didos world tumbles, it has the impact...Dawson is an alert, intelligent Dido, capturing the essence both...
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UO Opera to Stage Henry Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas'
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 19, 2009
Subjects: Dido and Aeneas (Opera)
UO Opera to Stage Henry Purcells Dido and Aeneas. Byline: The Register-Guard...at the door. UO Opera Ensemble:?"Dido and Aeneas" Friday and Saturday, Sheldon...performances of Henry Purcells opera "Dido and Aeneas" this weekend. The plot involves...
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IN SEARCH OF DIDO; No, Not the Folksy Pop Singer. Wendy Gomersall Goes to Tunisia in Search of the Legendary Queen of Carthage and Finds a Land Steeped in Romantic Ruins
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 22, 2004
IN SEARCH OF DIDO; No, Not the Folksy Pop Singer. Wendy...thrillers. Similarly, ask them about Dido and theyll say shes a British pop star...according to legend it was founded by Dido in 814BC. Dido, or Elissa, as shes also...
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Why It's Time for Dido's Star to Rise Again
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 18, 2011
Subjects: BRIT Awards
...original song category. Didos pregnancy, however...huge fan of hers, says Dido. I will definitely be...once again be right for Dido. IF I RISE is now available...out TAKE She was named Dido after an African warrior queen On the up: Didos song If I Rise has been...
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Dido the Dormouse Is Bound to Be a Hit Again; SAFETY FIRST: Dido Isn't Afraid of Being Called Bland and Gentle
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 16, 2008
Subjects: Music industry--Safety and security measures, Sound recordings--Safety and security measures
...yourself. For Blunt and Dido, this means they...safe. Of the two, Didos songs are better...the kitchen table. Didos voice is small and...skin. You realise Dido and her producers...ambient pop song. Then Dido ruins it by adding...bereavement ballad: Didos father died in 2006...
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Dido Has Proved That Love Is Bland; REVIEW
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 15, 2004
...irony is that Winehouse is where Dido was in 2001, standing on stage...and blandness is an issue with Dido. Her tunes are apt to wash...probably isnt. In concert, Dido deals with the blandness thing...One track even starts with Didos near-namesake, the didgeridoo...
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encyclopedia articles on: Dido  - 12 results

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Dido
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DIDO di do, in Roman mythology, queen of Carthage, also called Elissa. She was...to Libya, where she founded and ruled Carthage. According to one legend, Dido threw herself on a burning pyre to escape marriage to the king of Libya. In...
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Baker, Dame Janet
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...singer. However, in 1962 she took the lead role in Purcells Dido and Aeneas and then began a long association with the operas of Benjamin Britten. In 1969 she made a triumphal appearance as Dido in the Scottish Operas production of Berliozs The Trojans, repeating...
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Carthage , Ancient City, N Africa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...was derived from the Phoenician name, which meant "new city." The Rise of Carthage Carthage was founded (traditionally by Dido ) from Tyre in the 9th cent. b.c. The city-state built up trade and in the 6th and 5th cent. b.c. began to acquire...
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Raimondi, Marcantonio
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...heavy-handed style. Among his most famous works after Raphael are Lucretia, Pieta, Massacre of the Innocents, Death of Dido, and Adam and Eve. Raimondi made engravings after other artists, including Michelangelo, Giulio Romano, and Baccio Bandinelli...
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Opera
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...opera, and John Blow s Venus and Adonis (c.1685) was actually an opera. The one great English opera of the 17th cent. was Dido and Aeneas (1689) by Henry Purcell , after whose death England succumbed completely to Italian opera. The reigning "English...
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