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dido

English translation: "Wanderer"

04:31 Oct 14, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Archaeology / mythology
English term or phrase: dido
queen of carthage
asteropaeus (X)
Local time: 20:53
Selected answer:"Wanderer"
Explanation:
"The name Dido used mostly by Latin writers seems to be a Phoenician form meaning "Wanderer" and was perhaps the name under which Elissa was most familiarly known in Carthage." (Wikipedia article)
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Greg Olsen
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hank you ý was looking for the meaning of the word
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +9Dido, in Roman mythology, queen of Carthage, also called Elissa.
Oso (X)
5Dido
Sven Petersson
5"Wanderer"
Greg Olsen
1Dido is an image of the unhappy or unrequited lover
H&G Ozcan


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Dido, in Roman mythology, queen of Carthage, also called Elissa.


Explanation:
"Dido, 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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    Reference: http://www.answers.com/topic/dido?method=6
Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Dido


Explanation:
Please see references!


    Reference: http://phoenicia.org/elissardidobio.html
    Reference: http://courses.washington.edu/hum523/dido/
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
Dido is an image of the unhappy or unrequited lover


Explanation:
http://www.answers.com/topic/dido

H&G Ozcan
Türkiye
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
"Wanderer"


Explanation:
"The name Dido used mostly by Latin writers seems to be a Phoenician form meaning "Wanderer" and was perhaps the name under which Elissa was most familiarly known in Carthage." (Wikipedia article)


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido
Greg Olsen
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