Pyramus and Thisbe

American  

[pir-uh-muhs uhnd thiz-bee] / ˈpɪr ə məs ənd ˈθɪz bi /

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

1. two young lovers of Babylon who, in defiance of their parents, held clandestine conversations through a crack in a wall. On believing Thisbe dead, Pyramus killed himself. When Thisbe discovered his body, she took her own life.

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Pyramus and Thisbe British  

/ ˈθɪzbɪ, ˈpɪrəməs /

noun

1. (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same

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Example Sentences

A good deal of the acting of the students within the play recalls the rude mechanicals in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” bumbling through the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe.

From Los Angeles Times

Members of the group Uprising of the Last Generation glued themselves to Nicolas Poussinthe’s 1651 painting “Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe” at the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times

I don’t mean that figuratively: The actor mimes his arrival in “Pyramus and Thisbe” as if it’s by motorcycle.

From Washington Post

The script itself is lost, save for a few pages from the Pyramus and Thisbe section.

From New York Times

But with live theater currently unavailable, online platforms aren’t the next best thing, they are — unless you can train your cats to do the Pyramus and Thisbe bit from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — pretty much the only thing.

From New York Times