[Dido's Tears | "On the manuscript are Dido’s tears, from Dido. " — Barbara Guest For over 2000 years, Dido's lament upon Aeneas' departure has inspired compelling verse, drama, art, and opera. Ovid composed a poignant letter in Dido's voice, and Augustine complained that Vergil led him astray by weeping for "dead Dido" (rather than his own sins!). Hamlet instructed the players to recite "Aeneas' tale to Dido," about which Shakespeare's peer, Christopher Marlowe, wrote…]