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* WomanScorned: Dido pronounces a DyingCurse on Aeneas after he abandons her to go in search of his destiny.
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* WomanScorned: Dido pronounces a DyingCurse on Aeneas after he abandons her to go in search of his destiny.destiny.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequitedAdaptationalJerkass: In Literature/TheAeneid, Aeneas really ''doesn't'' promise Dido anything (he just sort of lets her believe they're betrothed). In this, however, he quite explicitly swears to stay by her side and love no other.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Poor Anna loves Iarbas, who loves Dido, who loves Aeneas, who loves...well, he loves Dido, but he puts his destiny first.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Poor Anna loves Iarbas, who loves Dido, who loves Aeneas, who loves...well, he loves Dido, but he puts his destiny first.
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* StarcrossedLovers: Dido and Aeneas.
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* MamaBear: Venus may not often actually be around her son, what with being a goddess, but she ''will'' to go bat for him and her grandson every day of the week. She threatens Juno quite violently when she finds the latter about to murder a sleeping Ascanius, and is only staved off by a quick lie about Juno really trying to save the kid from a snake. It's also mentioned that she dove into battle multiple times to save Aeneas.
* StarcrossedLovers: Dido and Aeneas. He is fated to go to Italy and marry someone else, and can't refuse.
* StarcrossedLovers: Dido and Aeneas. He is fated to go to Italy and marry someone else, and can't refuse.
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* BreakUpBonfire: After Aeneas leaves, Dido makes a pile of everything that reminds her of him and sets fire to it. Then she adds herself to the pile.
* DyingCurse: Dido pronounces one on Aeneas at the end.
* DyingCurse: Dido pronounces one on Aeneas at the end.
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* LoverAndBeloved: Zeus and Ganymede.
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* LoverAndBeloved: Zeus and Ganymede. At the beginning of the play, Ganymede is seen sitting on Jove's lap coquetting away in order to get more presents from him.
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''Dido, Queen of Carthage'' is a play by Creator/ChristopherMarlowe and Thomas Nashe, based on the tale of [[Literature/TheAeneid Dido and Aeneas]].
!!This play contains examples of:
* AdaptationalHeroism: Marlowe gives this to Dido, compared to her depiction in Literature/TheAeneid.
* JerkAssGods: Jupiter and Hera. Even Venus is hardly friendly with Aeneas, while Jupiter is described to be molesting Ganymede.
* LoverAndBeloved: Zeus and Ganymede.
* StarcrossedLovers: Dido and Aeneas.
* WomanScorned
!!This play contains examples of:
* AdaptationalHeroism: Marlowe gives this to Dido, compared to her depiction in Literature/TheAeneid.
* JerkAssGods: Jupiter and Hera. Even Venus is hardly friendly with Aeneas, while Jupiter is described to be molesting Ganymede.
* LoverAndBeloved: Zeus and Ganymede.
* StarcrossedLovers: Dido and Aeneas.
* WomanScorned
