Pyramus and Thisbe

[ pir-uh-muhs uhnd thiz-bee ]

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.

Pyramus and Thisbe

/ 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