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Dido N203

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Dramatic Impact

45.4 cm / 18 inches of large (5/8 inch long) amazonite beads strung on two colors (white and turquoise) silk with sparkling clear and turquoise glass beads

Designer sterling silver clasp - one of a kind necklace

$119.95

Dido N303

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Unique Glory

46 cm / 18 1/4 inches of large (5/8 inch long) amazonite beads and chunky amazonite chips with clear glass beads

Designer sterling silver clasp - one of a kind necklace

$105.95

Dido N403

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Graceful Power

43 cm / 17 inches of large (5/8 inch long) amazonite beads and chunky amazonite chips with large, clear glass spacer beads

Designer sterling silver clasp - one of a kind necklace

$85.95

Dido N503

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Special Impact

43 cm / 17 inches of pale aqua (not green) chunky amazonite chips interspersed with crystal clear glass beads

Sterling silver clasp - one of a kind necklace.

$49.95

Dido N603

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Soft Drama

43 cm / 17 inches of pale aqua (not green) chunky amazonite chips interspersed with crystal clear glass beads

Sterling silver clasp - one of a kind necklace

$49.95

Bio There are two versions of Dido's story:

When Dido's husband is killed by her brother, she leaves Greece [Carthage was originally a Phoenician colony] for North Africa and founds Carthage. She escapes a local suitor, who is no doubt after her wealth as well as her lovely self, with a public suicide.
There is another sad version to Dido's tale in Virgil's Aeniad. This time Aeneas (son of Aphrodite) loves and dumps Dido on his not very direct route from the fall of Troy to his founding of Rome. Virgil wanted to connect Rome's founding with Homer's Greek gods and heroes. He also wanted to keep the emperor of Rome, Caesar Augustus (Octavian), happy.

Nancy

Dare to go Bear

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Historical fiction puts a human face on history that's too often full of dry facts and dates. David Anthony Durham's Pride of Carthage (great title with numerous meanings) takes us back to the Punic Wars when Rome challenged the might of Carthage and Hannibal was the new Alexander the Great.

Durham's novel is excellent. The end was never in doubt but the journey was compelling. Nancy

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If you never had to read The Aeneid in school, now's a good time to improve your mind. It's not only a genuine classic and a great story (Aeneas and his son escape Homer's Troy only to find adventure AND contribute to the founding of Rome), but a nice piece of Roman propaganda. Virgil wrote this and other works at the behest of the Emperor Augustus who wanted to give Romans a better and finer image. Nancy

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