Dido (Queen of Carthage)

Dido, also known as Elissa, was the legendary founder and queen of Carthage in ancient North Africa. According to mythology, she was a Phoenician princess who fled her homeland after her husband's death and established Carthage, a powerful trading city. Her story is famously intertwined with the Roman poet Virgil's "Aeneid," where she falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas but is ultimately abandoned, leading to her tragic death. Dido symbolizes leadership, resilience, and the complex motives behind human relationships, serving as a mythic figure embodying founding, love, and tragedy.