Said by Timaeus to be 'Libyan'.The name ?EL-IS-SA? comes from Phoenician, it means ?Uterus (SA) of Sun (EL) and Moon (IS)?. The name Elissa is also attested in a Greek legend of Timeus and Iustinus in which is narrated the story of Carthaginian queen Theiosso (Elissa in Phoenician).
If 'Elissa' was a Phoenician word, what sort of a word was 'Dido'? Was it also Phoenician, or Carthaginian (if that was different), or Latin, or Greek?
Leofranc Holford-Strevens
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