E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Elissa.
Dido, Queen of Carthage. A Phœnician name signifying heroic, brave.
“Nec me meminisse pigebit Elissæ.”
Virgil: Æneid, iv. 335.
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Dido was the niece of the Bible Jezebel. Ithobal I., king of Tyre (1 Kings xvi. 13), had for children Belus, Marg&echeck;nus, and Jezebel. Of these Belus was the father of Pygmalion and Dido. Hence Jezebel was Dido’s aunt.
Dido was the niece of the Bible Jezebel. Ithobal I., king of Tyre (1 Kings xvi. 13), had for children Belus, Marg&echeck;nus, and Jezebel. Of these Belus was the father of Pygmalion and Dido. Hence Jezebel was Dido’s aunt.
