I agree with most of what's been said before, but just something I think is really cool: Dido obviously has knowledge of mythology (her name is the name of Aeneas' lover-Queen who he abandons to go to Rome and who later kills herself), and I think she brings some of that knowledge into the song. I don't know how many of you are familiar with the story of Hippolyta, but it really fits. She's an Amazon queen (Amazons are hunters) who gets stolen away from her kingdom by Theseus and is forced to be his wife. There's an allusion to this in a Midsummer Night's dream, as Hippolyta is Theseus' bride, and there is some friction between them. I don't want to sound like a stuffy snob, I just thought Hippolyta's myth fits in really well with this song, as an independent woman (amazon) is yearning for freedom.
I agree 100% with toastguy. I had heard this song after reading "Bull from the Sea" a historical fiction novel about Theseus' life (the writer, Mary Renault, incorporates the mythology in a realistic way... it's a great book, highly recommended but you should read "The King Must Die" first!)
I agree 100% with toastguy. I had heard this song after reading "Bull from the Sea" a historical fiction novel about Theseus' life (the writer, Mary Renault, incorporates the mythology in a realistic way... it's a great book, highly recommended but you should read "The King Must Die" first!)
Anyways, Hippolyta is an amazonian queen that is pretty much taken from her land/community and forced to marry Theseus (though in Renault's version she ends up falling in love with him). I heard this song and thought of her instantly, she's so wild and free and in the...
Anyways, Hippolyta is an amazonian queen that is pretty much taken from her land/community and forced to marry Theseus (though in Renault's version she ends up falling in love with him). I heard this song and thought of her instantly, she's so wild and free and in the original myth she never wanted to go with him in the first place. She's a huntress, a warrior, and she was never supposed to be a queen of a more 'civilized' nation, like Athens, she's supposed to be hunting and being awesome!
Anyways I think I totally would've not made this connection at all except I pretty much fell in love with Hippolyta's character in the story, so I had been thinking about it often and then this song and then yeah...
I was so shocked when I saw someone else made the same exact connection! I'm so pumped right now haha you have no idea.
I agree with most of what's been said before, but just something I think is really cool: Dido obviously has knowledge of mythology (her name is the name of Aeneas' lover-Queen who he abandons to go to Rome and who later kills herself), and I think she brings some of that knowledge into the song. I don't know how many of you are familiar with the story of Hippolyta, but it really fits. She's an Amazon queen (Amazons are hunters) who gets stolen away from her kingdom by Theseus and is forced to be his wife. There's an allusion to this in a Midsummer Night's dream, as Hippolyta is Theseus' bride, and there is some friction between them. I don't want to sound like a stuffy snob, I just thought Hippolyta's myth fits in really well with this song, as an independent woman (amazon) is yearning for freedom.
I agree 100% with toastguy. I had heard this song after reading "Bull from the Sea" a historical fiction novel about Theseus' life (the writer, Mary Renault, incorporates the mythology in a realistic way... it's a great book, highly recommended but you should read "The King Must Die" first!)
I agree 100% with toastguy. I had heard this song after reading "Bull from the Sea" a historical fiction novel about Theseus' life (the writer, Mary Renault, incorporates the mythology in a realistic way... it's a great book, highly recommended but you should read "The King Must Die" first!)
Anyways, Hippolyta is an amazonian queen that is pretty much taken from her land/community and forced to marry Theseus (though in Renault's version she ends up falling in love with him). I heard this song and thought of her instantly, she's so wild and free and in the...
Anyways, Hippolyta is an amazonian queen that is pretty much taken from her land/community and forced to marry Theseus (though in Renault's version she ends up falling in love with him). I heard this song and thought of her instantly, she's so wild and free and in the original myth she never wanted to go with him in the first place. She's a huntress, a warrior, and she was never supposed to be a queen of a more 'civilized' nation, like Athens, she's supposed to be hunting and being awesome!
Anyways I think I totally would've not made this connection at all except I pretty much fell in love with Hippolyta's character in the story, so I had been thinking about it often and then this song and then yeah...
I was so shocked when I saw someone else made the same exact connection! I'm so pumped right now haha you have no idea.