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Dido In Ovid's Letters

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There is no doubt in the fact that Dido is portrayed as being mentally unstable like many women are thought to be. This is evident in Ovid’s letters. In the lines 23-34, Dido turns from Aeneas' surroundings to her own emotions. She describes her love in desperate terms ("I burn, like waxen torches covered with sulfur"), and says that Aeneas "is always in my heart." She asserts his ingratitude, but says that she still cannot hate him, "however ill he thinks of me," and however unfaithful he has been. She appeals to Aeneas' mother, the goddess Venus, and to his brother, Cupid ("brother Love"), to soften Aeneas' heart. She ends by asking to be allowed at least to love Aeneas and keep him. However, in lines 35-44, she quickly changes her attitude

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