Due to the fact that I am an enormous music lover

Due to the fact that I am an enormous music lover, it is anything but irrelevant that I have a favorite band. That band without a doubt is Pearl Jam. The songs Pearl Jam write are so real, that it makes perfect sense why their fans love them so much. Pearl Jams songs tell stories that their fans can either relate to or speak from their own dealings. Led by lead singer Eddie Vedders outstanding lyrical writing and extremely powerful and intense, yet comforting voice, Pearl Jam in my opinion is the greatest band in the world. A week before seeing my sophomore Pearl Jam show, my girlfriend of a little over a year decided it would be best if we broke up. Seeing that I did not agree with her, it made it a little hard looking forward to seeing Pearl Jam for their August 14th show in New Orleans. It did not take long however to be swept into the depths of the emotional waters, and found myself listening to Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedders lyrics over and over again and again. In his voice, I once again found the median to survive, and not just to survive, but to keep going strong, and to enjoy whatever life gives you. So, the show was The original plan was for Adam and Kenny, two of my roommates to accompany myself, along with my precious ex-girlfriend. Well, seeing that as being out of the question, I gave the extra ticket to my remaining roommate Jennifer. We left Hattiesburg around four o clock in order to arrive and to be parked and seated in the New Orleans seven o clock show began. We arrived at the arena and grabbed as much merchandise as possible before the show started. As we sat in the arena, listening to complete noise and static by the opening band, Sonic Youth, we were trying to find the quickest route to Tylenol city when I realized that we could not smoke in the arena. I, sadly enough, being

The Story of Dido, Queen of Ancient Carthage

The Story of Dido, Queen of Ancient Carthage Dido (pronounced Die-doh) is known best as the mythical queen of Carthage who died for love of Aeneas, according to the Aeneid of Vergil (Virgil). Dido was the daughter of the king of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre. Her Phoenician name was Elissa, but she was later given the name Dido, meaning wanderer. Who Wrote About Dido? The earliest known person to have written about Dido was the Greek historian Timaeus of Taormina (c. 350-260 BCE). While Timaeuss writing did not survive, he is referenced by later writers. According to Timaeus, Dido founded Carthage as in either 814 or 813 BCE. A later source is the first-century historian Josephus whose writings mention an Elissa who founded Carthage during the rule of Menandros of Ephesus. Most people, however, know about the story of Dido from its telling in Virgil’s Aeneid. The Legend of Dido The legend tells us that when the king died, Didos brother, Pygmalion, killed Didos wealthy husband, Sychaeus. Then the ghost of Sychaeus revealed to Dido what had happened to him. He also told Dido where he had hidden his treasure. Dido, knowing how dangerous Tyre was with her brother still alive, took the treasure, fled, and wound up in Carthage, in what is now modern Tunisia. Dido bartered with the locals, offering a substantial amount of wealth in exchange for what she could contain within the skin of a bull. When they agreed to what seemed an exchange greatly to their advantage, Dido showed how clever she really was. She cut the hide into strips and laid it out in a semi-circle around a strategically placed hill with the sea forming the other side. Dido then ruled Carthage as queen. The Trojan prince Aeneas met Dido on his way from Troy to Lavinium. He wooed Dido who resisted him until struck by an arrow of Cupid. When he left her to fulfill his destiny, Dido was devastated and committed suicide. Aeneas saw her again, in the Underworld in Book VI of the Aeneid. The Legacy of Dido Didos story was engaging enough to become a focus for many later writers including the Romans  Ovid (43 BCE – 17 CE) and Tertullian (c. 160 – c. 240 CE), and medieval writers Petrarch and Chaucer. Later, she became the title character in Purcells opera Dido and Aeneas and Berliozs Les Troyennes. While Dido is a unique and intriguing character, it is unlikely that there was a historical Queen of Carthage. Recent archaeology, however, suggests that the founding dates suggested in historical documents could well be correct. The person named as her brother, Pygmalion, certainly did exist. If she were a real person based on this evidence, however, she could not possibly have met Aeneas, who would have been old enough to be her grandfather.