In Greek mythology who were Pyramus and Thisbe?

Answer 1

In the Ovidian version, Pyramus and Thisbe is the story of two lovers in the city of Babylon who occupy connected houses, forbidden by their parents to be wed, because of their parents' rivalry. Through a crack in one of the walls, they whisper their love for each other. They arrange to meet near at a tomb under a mulberry tree and state their feelings for each other. Thisbe arrives first, but upon seeing a lioness with a mouth bloody from a recent kill, she flees, leaving behind her veil. The lioness drinks from a nearby fountain, then by chance mutilates the veil Thisbe had left behind. When Pyramus arrives, he is horrified at the sight of Thisbe's veil, assuming that a fierce beast had killed her. Pyramus kills himself, violently thrusting a sword into his groin, and in turn splashing blood on the white mulberry leaves. Pyramus' blood stains the white mulberry fruits, turning them dark. Thisbe returns, eager to tell Pyramus what had happened to her, but she finds Pyramus' dead body under the shade of the mulberry tree. Thisbe, after a brief period of mourning, stabs herself with the same sword. In the end, the gods listen to Thisbe's lament, and forever change the color of the mulberry fruits into the stained color to honor the forbidden love.

Answer 2

Pyramus and Thisbe were the Romeo and Juliet of Greek Mythology! Their parents despised each other but the two young children of the families fell in love at first sight while passing by! The two fell in love while speaking to one another through a hole in the wall that connected their rooms, they even shared a kiss.

Deciding to elope with one another, Pyramus tells his love to go into the forest and wait for him in the middle of the night and she does. While waiting, a lion who had previously had a bloody, messy meal of cow, comes by and terrifies Thisbe so much that she drops her veil and hides in a cave.

When Pyramus appears to the place they were to meet, he sees the lion with Thisbe's veil in it's mouth and the cows blood. Thinking his love was dead, he declares, 'I will not live without you!' and stabs himself with his sword. Thisbe, hearing the voice of her lover rushes out of the cave in time to see his dead body fall to the ground and, declaring the same words as Pyramus, kills herself with the sword as well.