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The Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage

by Christopher Marlowe

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Shipwrecked on the Libyan coast after the fall of Troy, Aeneas is welcomed by Dido, queen of Carthage, while Venus and Juno scheme above them and Cupid, disguised as the boy Ascanius, sets the queen ablaze with love. Drawn from Virgil’s Aeneid and written by Marlowe with Thomas Nashe, the play appears here in its 1594 text and spelling.

An early Marlowe tragedy for lovers of Elizabethan drama and of Virgil’s doomed queen. Download the free EPUB.

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