AFTERWARD BY
THESTORIDES OF PHOCAEA
On the day queen Dido died, the people of Carthage mourned her and cursed the name of Aeneas, the despised Trojan. This might well have been the end of what is now the great city, had the flames carried away both Tyrian sisters, but when the alarm went up, the physician, Melampus, was close by and rushed to the palace. When he arrived, the scaffolding was ablaze and about to fall, but he climbed up to the top of the pyre and carried Anna to safety. She was overcome by heat and smoke. For three days no one knew if she would survive, but with Melampus’ expert care, she revived. When Anna came to herself, she called for her sister, but we had to tell her that her sister was gone.
We all stayed at the palace during these three days of uncertainty, and sev
