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Carthage queen:i.e. Dido,the queen of Carthage,stabbed herself on a funeral pyre after the Trojan he-ro Aeneas,her lover,secretly sailed away迦太基女王,(指)狄多,在她的恋人——特洛伊的英雄埃涅阿斯悄悄上船离她而去后,自己到火葬的柴堆上自杀。下文the false Trojan即指埃涅阿斯 △Mid.1.1.173: “And by that fire whichburned the Carthage queen”,凭着迦太基女王举火自焚的烈焰(起誓)。 |