Ancient Carthage her rule. Her subjects adore her and present her with a festival of praise. Her character is perceived by Virgil as even more noble when she offers asylum to Aeneas and his men, who have recently escaped from Troy. A spirit in the form of the messenger god, Mercury, sent by Jupiter, reminds Aeneas that his mission is not to stay in Carthage with his new-found love, Dido, but to sail to Italy to found Rome. Virgil ends his legend of Dido with the story that, when Aeneas tells Dido, her heart broken, she orders a pyre to be built
Fell in Love with a Girl covered the song, retitled "Fell in Love with a Boy", for her debut studio album, "The Soul Sessions" (2003). It was released on January 26, 2004 as the album's lead single. The single received mostly positive reviews from critics. Dorian Lynskey of "The Guardian" raved that "Fell in Love with a Boy" is the best track from "The Soul Sessions" as well as "the freshest and most deliciously inauthentic." "PopMatters" reviewer Jason MacNeil commented that Stone gives the song "a groove-riddled, funky hip-shaker that never loses momentum." "Rolling Stone" said the tune sounded like "a lost Memphis-soul classic." However, Jim