dido

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Her name wasn’t Dido but Elishat, transcribed by the ancient Greeks as Elissa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

We can only guess how the Romans came to call her Dido; Ms. MacDonald supposes it was an epithet meaning “the wanderer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Developer Dido Property Limited wants to build workshops, offices, 18 sound stages, cafes and parking spaces.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Nora’s heroism, tentatively discovered only after she’s hit rock bottom, is in her refusal to follow in the self-destructive footsteps of Dido.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

In that sorrowful but lovely spot, shaded with groves of myrtle, Aeneas caught sight of Dido.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton