Dido

• Mortal Characters E Oliensis

  "the second half splits Dido's character into Amata + Lavinia. Amata absorbs her passion, leaving Lavinia blank"
• Mortal Characters A Laird


  "Dido is the only one to address herself by name, suggesting her association with Aeneas may have been happy (not just impious)"
• Sowerby (Dido):"the innocent victim of ..."


  "... the Roman destiny"
• Robin Sowerby (Dido)


  Dido is "perhaps the most strongly drawn of all Virgil's characters... the innocent victim of the Roman destiny."
• Richard Jenkyns (Virgil's portrayal of Dido)

  "this is a deeply sympathetic portrayal; and Virgil does her honour."
• Richard Jenkyns (Dido's Tragedy)

  Virgil makes an effort to "enlarge Dido's tragedy to focus upon the women's point of view"