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Pyramus and Thisbe
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Pyramus and Thisbe [ˈpɪrəməs ˈθɪzbɪ]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (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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