Queen Dido Legend (Queen Dido, the Wanderer)

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The legend of Ancient Carthage is one of the well-made stories that the Greek and Roman authors made up to highlight the great historical background of their ancient cities . This myth narrates that the city of Carthage was erected by Queen Dido in 814BC and was the capital of King Tyre during the reign of King Pygmalion .
Queen Dido was mainly princess Elissa , the wife and sister of Priest Sichaeus who was deprived from his wealth and murdered by king Pygmalion . It was a conspiracy from the king to get ride of the priest and have his treasures and wife for himself . Fortunately , the ghost of the priest told Princess Elissa of what happened and told her about the place of his treasure .
As a result , Princess Elissa managed to escape from the king by deceiving him saying that she wants to move away to another palace to forget the memory of her husband . In this way she was able to take all her belongings and the people whom she trusts without raising the king's suspicion . She together with her brother Barca and other 80 noblemen managed to escape .
They stopped firstly at Cyprus where the 80 noblemen married suitable wives from the island and the princess was given the title of Queen Dido or the Wanderer . As soon as Queen Dido reached North Africa , she asked for acquiring a land for constructing a city . After a great effort , she managed to have a piece of land that could be covered with an ox hide . The Wily Elissa cut the hide into thin strips , which she used to surround the hill that became the Byrsa . She suffered a lot during her stay and the Virgil also made the relation between her and Aeneas of Rome get worth and this suffer ended with committing Suicide .