# Quote — Virgil, The Aeneid

> Tragic Dido,
>
> so, was the story true that came my way?
>
> I heard that you were dead...
>
> you took the final measure with a sword.
>
> Oh, dear god, was it I who caused your death?
>
> I swear by the stars, by the Powers on high, whatever
>
> faith one swears by here in the depths of earth,
>
> I left your shores, my Queen, against my will.

- Author: [Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md)
- Book: [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md)
- Original (la): Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo / Venerat exstinctam ferroque extrema secutam? / Funeris heu tibi causa fui? per sidera iuro, / Per superos et si qua fides tellure sub ima est, / Inuitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aeneid#Book_VI) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/tragic-dido-so-was

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