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 "Ho, young men! saw you, as you came, Any of all my sisters wandering here, Having a quiver girded to her side, And clothed in a spotted leopard's skin?"

—, Dido. 11:26. Goddess.

"Most sure, the goddess On whom these airs attend! Vouchsafe my prayer May know if you remain upon this island."

—, Tempest. 11:27. Phœbus' sister. Diana, sister of Phœbus Apollo. 12:1. Agenor. Twin brother of Belus and founder of Sidon, from whom Dido was descended. 12:18. Hope.

"Poor girl! put on thy stifling widow's weed, And 'scape at once from Hope's accursed bands, To-day thou wilt not see him, nor to-morrow, And the next day will be a day of sorrow."

—, Isabella. 12:33. Woman. "Dux femina facti,"—motto on the medal in 1588, in honor of Elizabeth's victories over the Spanish Armada. Cf. Kingsley's Westward Ho!

12:36. Byrsa. A word which in the Carthaginian language meant citadel, but sounded like a Greek word meaning bull's hide. From this confusion, apparently, arose the story that Dido cut a bull's hide into very thin strings and so encompassed much ground for her new city. 13:24. Breath of life.

"So drew mankind in vain the vital air, Unformed, unfriended by those kindly cares, That health and vigor to the soul impart."

—, Education and Government.