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Dido (Dido)

Dido was the queen who founded Carthage and welcomed Aeneas. In the Aeneid their meeting ends in sorrow when he sails on to Italy.

Grades 6–8. Myth.

How it connects

The card is a name and a place: queen, Carthage, and a sad parting.

Latin words that go with this card: regina, urbs.

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