Dido

Dido

Dido ( DY-doh; Classical Latin: [ˈdiːdoː]; Ancient Greek: Διδώ [diːdɔ̌ː]), also known as Elissa ( il-ISS-ə; Greek: Ἔλισσα), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (located in Lebanon) who fled tyranny to found her own city in northwest Africa. Known only through ancient Greek and Roman sources, all of which were written well after Carthage's founding, her historicity remains uncertain. The oldest references to Dido are attributed to Timaeus, who lived in Taormina in Sicily, and died around 260 BC, which is about five centuries after the date given for the foundation of Carthage. Timaeus told the legends surrounding the founding of Carthage by Dido in his Sicilian History. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dido is the 593rd most popular politician (up from 933rd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lebanese Politician.

Dido was a queen of Carthage and is most famous for the story of her suicide after the death of her lover, Aeneas.