Dido: Queen and Founder of Carthage explores the history, legend, and cultural memory of the Phoenician queen credited with founding one of the ancient Mediterranean's greatest cities. According to tradition, Dido fled the royal house of Tyre after the murder of her husband, gathered loyal followers, crossed the sea, and established a new settlement on the North African coast. From these beginnings, Carthage grew into a major centre of trade, maritime power, and political influence. Drawing upon classical writers, Phoenician history, archaeology, and later literary tradition, this volume examines the famous oxhide story, the foundation of Carthage, and the transformation of Dido's memory through Roman accounts. It also considers how Virgil's story of Dido and Aeneas reshaped a founder queen to serve the cultural mythology of Rome. Blending history, legend, and literary interpretation, the book reveals Dido as a figure of exile, intelligence, leadership, and civic creation whose legacy endured long after Carthage itself was destroyed. Part of the Powerful Female Rulers of Antiquity series, this volume examines a woman whose life shaped the political and cultural world of antiquity.