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Pyramus and Thisbe

[pir-uh-muh s]

plural noun Classical Mythology.

two young lovers of Babylon who held conversations clandestinely, and in defiance of their parents, through a crack in a wall. On believing Thisbe dead, Pyramus killed himself. When Thisbe discovered his body she committed suicide.

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British Dictionary definitions for pyramus and thisbe

Pyramus and Thisbe

noun

(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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