Iarbas

, a son of Jupiter and Gar a mantis, king of Gætulia, from whom Dido bought land to build Carthage. He courted Dido, but the arrival of Æneas prevented his succe , and the queen, rather than marry Iarbas, destroyed herself. See: Dido . Virgil , Æneid , bk. 4 , li. 36 , . — Justin , bk. 18 , ch. 6 .— Ovid , Fasti , bk. 3 , li. 552 .