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Dido

879 BC - 759 BC

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Dido ( DY-doh; Ancient Greek: Διδώ Greek pronunciation: [diː.dɔ̌ː], Latin pronunciation: [ˈdiːdoː]), also known as Elissa ( ə-LISS-ə, Ἔλισσα), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (located in Lebanon) who fled tyranny to found her own city in northwest Africa. Known only through ancient Greek and Roman sources, all of which were written well after Carthage's founding, her historicity remains uncertain. The oldest references to Dido are attributed to Timaeus, who lived in Taormina in Sicily. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dido has received more than 2,250,548 page views. Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Dido is the 933rd most popular politician (down from 369th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Lebanese Politician.

Dido was a queen of Carthage and is most famous for the story of her suicide after the death of her lover, Aeneas.

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  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dido ranks 933 out of 19,576. Before her are Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Marcian, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Djedefre, Ottokar II of Bohemia, and Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan. After her are Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Sergey Lavrov, Arnulf of Carinthia, James A. Garfield, Robert F. Kennedy, and Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 879 BC, Dido ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 759 BC, Dido ranks 1. After her is Takelot III.

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    Dido

    POLITICIAN

    879 BC - 759 BC

    HPI: 70.19

    Rank: 1

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    Dido

    POLITICIAN

    879 BC - 759 BC

    HPI: 70.19

    Rank: 1

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    Takelot III

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 759 BC

    HPI: 56.14

    Rank: 2

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Dido ranks 6 out of 145. Before her are Severus Alexander (208), Khalil Gibran (1883), Ahab (-900), Porphyry (233), and Keanu Reeves (1964). After her are Ulpian (170), Michel Aoun (1935), Charbel Makhlouf (1828), Rafic Hariri (1944), Christina of Bolsena (210), and Fairuz (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Dido ranks 3. Before her are Severus Alexander (208), and Ahab (-900). After her are Michel Aoun (1935), Rafic Hariri (1944), Hassan Nasrallah (1960), Najib Mikati (1955), Bachir Gemayel (1947), Émile Lahoud (1936), Amine Gemayel (1942), Pierre Gemayel (1905), and Fouad Siniora (1943).

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