The founder and queen of Carthage, a city in modern-day Tunisia. She fled from Tyre after her greedy brother Pygmalion, who was the king of Tyre, killed her husband, Sychaeus, in order to steal his wealth. A favorite of Juno, she's a great leader to her people until Aeneas arrives in town. Venus enchants her, via Cupid, to fall in passionate love with Aeneas, and when Aeneas follows his fate and leaves Carthage, she kills herself in despair.