Dido (Civ6)

Dido, also known as Elissa, was, according to ancient sources (most notably the Aeneid), the legendary first queen of Carthage, which she allegedly founded in 814 BC after fleeing the Phoenician city of Tyre when her husband Acerbas was murdered by her brother Pygmalion. She leads the Phoenicians in Civilization VI: Gathering Storm.
Phoenicia quickly establishes their empire along the choicest sections of coastline and then uses Dido's ability to move their capital to the best of the city sites they have discovered.
== Intro ==
 Queen Dido, mother of Carthage, all your life you faced great threats and overcame them through wit and cunning. Wherever waves break on the shore, there your cities shall rise. The seas are your roads, the far horizon is your destiny and your refuge.
== In-Game ==
Dido's unique agenda is Sicilian Wars. She wants to settle coastal cities and dislikes leaders who have many coastal cities.
Her leader ability is Founder of Carthage. It grants cities with a Cothon the unique Move Capital project, which moves the Phoenician to that city. She also gains +1 capacity after building the Government Plaza or any Government Plaza building and a 50% bonus towards s in the city with the Government Plaza.
== Detailed Approach ==
Phoenicia needs to get Biremes and embarked Settlers into play as early as possible. The combination of these two units allows Dido to quickly settle and protect an empire of interconnected coastal cities. As you settle this naval trading empire, choose a single continent for the permanent location of your capital and use a Cothon project to move it there. Ensuring that your cities on that continent cannot suffer any sort of pressures from other inland empires allows you to secure your settlements’ loyalty.
== Lines ==
Dido is voiced by Julie Fainer. She speaks Phoenician with a modern Hebrew accent.
=== Voiced ===
Codename 	Quote (English translation) 	Quote (Phoenician)	Notes
Agenda-based Approval 	May prosperity come to your cities—the ones away from the coast. (lit. "Power will come to your city districts... [Stick to the mountains, Phoenicia requests the sea.](?)") 	יָבוֹא עוֹשֶר לְמָקוֹמכֹּם...הָרָחוֹקִים מִשַׂׂפָּת הָיוֹם
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Yabōʾ ʿōšer lemaqōmkom...Harahōqīm missapat hayyom.	
Agenda-based Disapproval	We have no interest in the land—that is for you to claim—but the seas and the shores are Phoenician. (lit. "We don't want land - it's for you - the sea and [???] is for our people.") 	חֹפְצֶנוּ לֹא לָאָרץ' – הוּא לֶכֹּם – מַהָיוֹם וּשַפָּתוּ הוּא לֶעָמֵנוּ
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Ḥopṣēnū lā laʾarṣ - hū lekom - mēhayyom u-šapatū hū leʿammēnū.	
Attacked 	War? Are you a fool? Your cities will suffer the fate of Epirus and Saguntum. (lit. "War? Are you a fool? Your city districts will understand the destruction of Epirus Saguntum.") 	מָלְחוֹמָה⸮ הָכֵּסִילֶם אָנְטוּם⸮ מָקוֹמכֹּם יִדָעוּ חוּרבְּ כִּאָפִּירוּס סָגוּנטְ
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Malḥoma? Hakkesilem ʾantum? Maqōmkom yidaʿū ḥurb kiʾEpirus Sagunt.	She says מָלְחוֹמָה (malḥoma) instead of מָלְחוֹמָת (malḥomat).
Declares War 	Now we have war between us. Look to the seas—already the horizon is crowded with the sails of my fleets. (lit. "There is now war in our hands. Look at the sea - it's now full of my ships.") 	עָתוֹ מָלְחוֹמָה בִּתָבְכֵּינוֹ. הָבִּיטוּ בָּיוֹם – עָתוֹ הָאוּףּ מָלֵא בְּאוֹנִיוֹתָיי
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ʿAtto malḥoma bitabkēnū. Habbiṭū bayyom - ʿatto haʾup maleʾ beʾoniyyatay.	
Defeated 	Do not glory in your conquest. One day you may see your capital bathed in flame.(lit. "Don't be proud of (your) rule. One day, you'll [wonder where your city districts are/see your place on fire.]")	אָל תִתְגַאָוְוּ בִינֶה שְחָקוֹם. בָּיוּם אַחָד תִירָאוּ מָקוֹמכֹּם הָכֹּל בָּאֶש
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ʾAl titgaʾawū bine šᵉḥaqōm. Bayyūm ʾaḥad tiraʾū maqōmkom hakkol baʾeš.	
Greeting 	I, Dido, queen and mother of Carthage, greet you on behalf of the Phoenicians. (lit. "I am Dido, the queen and the mother of Carthage. [???] Phoenicia.") 	אָנוּךּ דִידוֹ, הַמָלְכּוֹת וּהָאוּם לְקָרתְ'-חָדָש. מַקָדֶמֶה שוּם לֶכֹאן בִּישוּם קִין בָּנֵי כַּנָעָן
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ʾAnūk Dīdō, hammalkot u-haʾum leQart-ḥadaš. Maqademe šum lekoʾn bišum qīn banay Kᵉnaʿan.	She says מַקָדֶמֶה (maqademe) instead of מַקָדֶמֶת (maqademet).
Quote from Civilopedia 	I condemn anyone who would not lay down their life for Carthage. (lit. "We condemn all who don't give up living for the name of Carthage.") 	אָנוּךּ דָנַה אִת כִּל מִי לֹא יוֹתֶן אִת חָיוּ לֶשוּם לְקָרתְ'-חָדָש
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ʾAnūk danā ʾet kil mī lō yōten ʾet ḥayyū leššum Qart-ḥadaš.	
=== Unvoiced ===
Delegation: Accept these gifts of murex purple, Lebanon cedar, and olives—a mere taste of the wealth of Phoenicia.
Accepts Player's Delegation: Your delegation is welcome, and will find rest among us.
Rejects Player's Delegation: Phoenicia has no need of your delegation, for we already have the measure of your people.
Accepts Player's Declaration of Friendship: When two great people such as ours share such an accord, it is right to call them friends.
Rejects Player's Declaration of Friendship: You flatter yourself. Phoenicia recognizes the existence of your nation - but we do not recognize a mutual friendship.
Requests Declaration of Friendship: Come, gracious one, and declare to the world that you stand as Phoenicia's friend!
Player Accepts Declaration of Friendship: Yes, this I swear.
Denounced by Player: Your senators call for our destruction and you dare acclaim them as orators? You walk blind into your destruction.
Denounces Player: I pray you are sent into the fire for Moloch! I pray you be made an offering to Mot! I pray Yam rises and devours you!
Invitation to Capital: Tell me of the location of your capital, that our maps might be complete. I shall share our capital's location in exchange.
Invitation to City: Come and see the great Phoenician cities. Carry word of it back to your land, and to the rest of the world.
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Trivia ==
* Dido is the only leader to have a voice artist reprise their role: Julie Fainer also voiced her in Civilization V: Gods & Kings.
* Dido's diplomacy screen shows ships sailing alongside the Rock of Raouché, a natural landmark off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon.
* Dido's leader ability references her status as the alleged founder of Carthage, while her leader agenda references the series of conflicts between Carthage and the Greek city-states over control of Sicily.
* Historically, Dido worshiped the pagan gods of Phoenicia like Mot, Yam, and Moloch (all of whom she references in her denunciation), but her preferred religion is Judaism in-game. It was likely chosen because it is an organized religion (as are all those the leaders follow), and due to close (though not always friendly) relationships between Phoenicians and Jews.
== Gallery ==
File:Dido loadscreen (Civ6).png|Dido on the loading screen
== Videos ==
thumb|center|300px|First Look: Phoenicia
== Related achievements ==
== See also ==
* Dido in other games
== External links ==
* https://civilization.com/news/entries/civilization-vi-gathering-storm-first-look-phoenicia-leader-dido-pc-release-date-feb-14-2019/
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