Dido, Queen of Carthage (play) Dido, Queen of Carthage (play) Dido, Queen of Carthage (full title: The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage) is a short play written by the English playwright Christopher Marlowe, with possible contributions by Thomas Nashe. The story of the play focuses on the classical figure of Dido, the Queen of Carthage. It tells an intense dramatic tale of Dido and her fanatical love for Aeneas (induced by Cupid), Aeneas' betrayal of her and her eventual suicide on his departure for Italy. The playwrights depended upon Books 1, 2, and 4 of Virgil's "Aeneid" as their main source. "Dido" is based
HMS Dido (1836) HMS Dido (1836) HMS "Dido" was an 18-gun built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. "Dido" had a length at the gundeck of and at the keel. She had a beam of , a draught of and a depth of hold of . The ship's tonnage was 734 tons burthen. The "Daphne" class was armed with eighteen 32-pounder cannon. The ships had a crew of 145 officers and ratings that later increased to 175. "Dido", the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 26 February 1834, Designed by Symonds, laid down in