Dido, Queen of Carthage (play) city. Aeneas was on his way to Italy, but is now lost in a storm. Jupiter tells her not to worry; he will quiet the storm. Venus travels to Libya, where she disguises herself as a mortal and meets Aeneas, who has arrived, lost, on the coast. He and a few followers have become separated from their comrades. He recognises her, but she denies her identity. She helps him meet up with Illioneus, Sergestus and Cloanthes, other surviving Trojans who have already received generous hospitality from the local ruler Dido, Queen of Carthage. Dido meets Aeneas and promises to supply
HMS Dido (37) troops from Crete to Alexandria. On 8 June 1941, Marines from "Dido" accepted the surrender of Assab in Eritrea. From July to November 1941, "Dido" was sent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City for a refit, rejoining the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet in December 1941. The first three months of 1942 were spent on convoy escort duty between Alexandria and Malta but in March that year, "Dido" took part in a bombardment of Rhodes. A week later "Dido" joined the cruisers , , , and under the command of Rear Admiral Philip Vian at the Second Battle of