ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Dido, Queen of Carthage, in full The Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage, play in five acts by Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe, published in 1594. The play is based on the story of Dido and Aeneas as told in the fourth book of Virgil ’s Aeneid.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dido (/ˈdaɪdoʊ/ DY-doh; Ancient Greek: Greek pronunciation: [diː. dɔ̌ː], Latin pronunciation: [ˈdiːdoː]), also known as Elissa (/əˈlɪsə/ ə-LISS-ə, ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in modern Tunisia), in 814 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dido fell in love with Aeneas after his landing in Africa, and Virgil attributes her suicide to her abandonment by him at the command of Jupiter. Her dying curse on the Trojans provides a mythical origin for the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage.

Detailed explanation-4: -The story focuses on the classical figure of Dido, the Queen of Carthage. It tells an intense dramatic tale of Dido and her fanatical love for Aeneas (induced by Cupid), Aeneas’ betrayal of her and her eventual suicide on his departure for Italy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Carthage’s Queen Dido, already in love with the Trojan warrior, will find many more good reasons to admire him as he unintentionally presents himself to her as a model of heroism.