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Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Iarbas
The African king of Mauritania.
When Dido fled her home in the city of Tyre, Iarbas offered her a piece of land on the northern coast of Africa; he supposedly said that she could have all the land that could be covered by an ox hide; the cunning Dido cut an ox hide into very thin strips and stretched them out to cover what would become the city of Carthage.
Iarbas became infatuated with the lovely Dido and insisted that they be wed; Dido was so incensed by Iarbas’ demand that she burned herself alive on a pyre rather than submit to become his wife.
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