Dido Queen of Carthage
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Dido Queen of Carthage is a play by Christopher Marlowe. It is a tragedy. The date of the play is uncertain. It is probably Marlowe's first play, and possibly written while he was a student at Cambridge University. The source material was Virgil's Aeneid and Ovid's Heroides. Unlike his sources however, Marlowe emphasizes not the character of Aeneas but the character of Dido.
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Dido Queen of Carthage | |
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Written by | Christopher Marlowe |
Characters | Dido Aeneas |
Original language | English |
Genre | Tragedy |
Setting | Carthage |
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