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Sichaeus
Ex-husband of Dido
Penates
Household Gods
Who did appear to Aeneas in his dreams in Carthage?
Anchyses, reminding him his mission
Where Dido and Aeneas go together?
Hunting
What a city you’ll see here, sister, what a kingdom rise,
with such a husband! With a Trojan army marching with us,
with what great actions Punic glory will soar!
Anna speaks to Dido about Aeneas
Ascanius
Son of Aeneas
Aeolus
God of winds
In what did the holy water and wine, offered by Dido transform on the altars?
Into black water and blood.
How did Dido die?
Dido killed herself with the sword of Aeneas.
While the lines are beating, and closing the thickets with nets,
I’ll pour down dark rain mixed with hail from the sky,
and rouse the whole heavens with my thunder.
Juno speaks to Venus about a storm
Tyrians
Carthaginians
Rumour
Goddess with many eyes, ears and tongues
Why did Dido mentions Caucasus to Aeneas?
She compares his heart with the rocks of Caucasus.
Who did tell Iarbas about love of Dido and Aeneas?
Goddess Rumor
A woman, wandering within my borders, who paid to found
a little town, and to whom we granted coastal lands
to plough, to hold in tenure, scorns marriage with me
Iarbas prays to Jupiter
Phoebus
Apollo
Why Iarbas hates Dido and Aeneas?
Dido refused his love
Why, according to Mercury, it was dangerous for Aeneas to stay in Carthage?
Dido could stop him by force
he commanded me himself to carry these words through
the swift breezes. What do you plan? With what hopes
do you waste idle hours in Libya’s lands?
Mercury speaks to Aeneas
Iarbas
King of Africa
Iris
Goddess of rainbow, messenger of the Gods
Who did help Dido to die?
Iris, messenger of Juno
How did Iarbas avenge Dido?
He prays to Jupiter, his father to punish her.
why does he pitilessly deny my words access to his hearing?
Where does he run to? Let him give his poor lover this last gift:
let him wait for an easy voyage and favourable winds.
Dido begs Anna to speak to Aeneas