Dido's fate is determined by Aeneas's stubbornness and the far too potent love spell of Venus... Things get sad and dark for Carthage.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.Sources: Virgil's Aeneid, translated by Sarah Ruden; the Dido song mentioned is called My Lover's Gone.Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.