PYRAMUS AND THISBE


Meaning of PYRAMUS AND THISBE in English

Pyr ‧ a ‧ mus and This ‧ be /ˌpɪrəməs ənd ˈθɪzbi/ BrE AmE

in ancient Roman stories, a pair of lovers who killed themselves because each thought the other one was dead. They are best known from the play about them which Bottom and his friends perform in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.