🎓 Karen Haegemans on Elissa of Carthage

The historicity of Dido, founder of Carthage

Aug 03, 2020

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Dido Building Carthage aka The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire by J. M. W. Turner

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…

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