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Thisbe

British  
/ ˈθɪzbɪ /

noun

  1. See Pyramus and Thisbe

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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

She said they set out to tell the story of Luisa Calderon, the best-known of Picton's victims, as well as two other slaves - Present and Thisbe.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2022

If “The Walking Dead” is “Lost” with zombies and a high kill rate, “Warm Bodies” is effectively a riff on every teenage romance ever told, from Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe on.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2013

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

“It is I, your Thisbe, your dearest,” she cried to him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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