Elissar

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Elissar is the legendary Phoenician queen and founder of the ancient city of Carthage, often identified with the figure of Dido in classical mythology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician person ⓘ
founder of a city ⓘ
legendary queen ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alyssa ⓘ
Dido ⓘ
Elissa ⓘ
Queen Dido ⓘ
linked to: Dido
associatedWithAuthor Virgil ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Carthage ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

North Africa ⓘ
associatedWithWork Aeneid ⓘ
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Phoenicia ⓘ
culture Phoenician mythology ⓘ
Punic tradition ⓘ
depictedAs chaste widow loyal to her first husband in some traditions ⓘ
lover of Aeneas in Roman epic tradition ⓘ
ethnicGroup Phoenicians ⓘ
father Belus of Tyre ⓘ
linked to: Belus

Mutto ⓘ
founderOf Carthage ⓘ
Qart Hadasht ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasLegend flight from Tyre after husband’s murder ⓘ
purchase of land for Carthage with an oxhide trick ⓘ
influenced later Roman views of Carthage ⓘ
knownFor being identified with Dido ⓘ
founding Carthage ⓘ
languageOfName Phoenician ⓘ
linked to: Phoenician language
mannerOfDeath self-immolation ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Greco-Roman mythology ⓘ
Phoenician legend ⓘ
narrativeRole founder-queen of Carthage ⓘ
tragic heroine ⓘ
positionHeld queen of Carthage ⓘ
queen of Tyre ⓘ
relative Pygmalion of Tyre ⓘ
religion ancient Semitic religion ⓘ
residence Carthage ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
sibling Pygmalion of Tyre ⓘ
spouse Acerbas ⓘ
Sychaeus ⓘ
timePeriod early first millennium BCE ⓘ

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Elissa → alsoKnownAs → Elissar ⓘ