Dido her grandfather, Baal-Eser II/Balazeros. Even more important than the inscriptional and literary references supporting the historicity of Pygmalion and Dido are chronological considerations that give something of a mathematical demonstration of the veracity of the major feature of the Pygmalion/Dido saga, namely the flight of Dido from Tyre in Pygmalion's seventh year, and her eventual founding of the city of Carthage. Classical authors give two dates for the founding of Carthage. The first is that of Pompeius Trogus, mentioned above, that says this took place 72 years before the foundation of Rome. At least as early as the 1st century
Dido and Aeneas performed by students of the Royal College of Music at London's Lyceum Theatre to mark the bicentenary of Purcell's death. "Dido and Aeneas" received its first performance outside England on 14 December 1895 in a concert version at the University Society in Dublin. "Dido and Aeneas" premiered in the United States at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 10 February 1923 performed by the girls of the Rosemary School, although "The New York Times" noted that "considerable liberties" had been taken with the score. A concert version with professional musicians organised by the Society of Friends of Music