_Dido queen of Carthage._
L. The loves of Dido and Eneas, did not originate in the city of
Carthage, but in the poem of Virgil, into which the author introduced
the tale, with a view of ornamenting his work with this partly tragical,
and partly festive fiction. The most learned chronologers, after exact
enquiry into the matter, find, that the loss of Troy, and the voyage of
Eneas, were two, some say three hundred years prior to the founding of
Carthage by queen Dido.