Myths and Legends: Dido and Aeneas Feasting

Dido and Aeneas Feasting. To find out more about Aeneas and Queen Dido, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source.

This shows Dido and Aeneas happily feasting, although things will not end well for poor Dido. You can see more Dido images here.

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Myths and Legends: The Death of Dido

The Death of Dido. To find out more about Aeneas and Queen Dido, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source.

Dido, abandoned by Aeneas as he carries on his quest to find a new home in Italy, takes her own life; here are some more images of Dido and her story.

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Myths and Legends: Aeneas Meets Dido

Aeneas Meets Dido. To find out more about Aeneas and Queen Dido, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source.

You can see Aeneas with his old father Anchises here - but that is not his son Ascanius with him. Instead, Aeneas's mother, the goddess Venus, has substituted her son Cupid in place of Ascanius to make sure Dido will fall in love with the handsome Aeneas - the wings are a dead giveaway to the people looking at the painting! Here's a close-up:

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Myths and Legends: Dido

Dido. To find out more about Aeneas and Queen Dido, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source.

Today's image is a portrait of Dido, the queen of Carthage, visibly distressed after her lover, the Trojan hero Aeneas, has abandoned her under strict orders from the gods to go found the Roman Empire. Dido will later commit suicide. The portrait is by the Renaissance artist Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri); he was born in the village of in San Giovanni del Dosso in Mantua - not far from the birthplace of the Roman poet Vergil who told Dido's story in the Aeneid.

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