🎓 Karen Haegemans on Elissa of Carthage
The historicity of Dido, founder of Carthage
Elissa of Carthage (commonly known as Dido, the wanderer) is one of the more fascinating examples of history becoming myth. History is rife with examples of strong women dismissed as mythology (insert obligatory “Amazons were real!”) but one of my favorites is Elissa. While…
