Dido and the Cumean Sybil in Virgilian silence
An analysis of Virgil's depiction of Dido and the Cumean Sybil in Carthage. The text argues Dido’s rage is restrained by the sight of the virtuous Sybil and discusses how translators misread Homeric influence, with a close reading of the line Ila folo fixos oculos aversa tenebat.