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 • Jul. 31, 2024

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

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2021

For all the proliferation of sight gags, Krymov follows the Pyramus and Thisbe story closely and invests it with real feeling.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2012

He also adapted Georges Feydeau's "Private Fittings" for the La Jolla Playhouse in California and a symphonic version of "Pyramus and Thisbe" for the Kennedy Center.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2012

Pyramus and Thisbe came originally from Ovid's Metamorphoses, which had been translated into English before this time.

From An Introduction to Shakespeare by MacCracken, H. N.