Pyramus and Thisbe
Pyramus and Thisbe According to the poet Ovid, mulberries have not always been the color they are today. Most people generally think of the play within the play of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the mention of Pyramus and Thisbe, but the story truly begins more than 1500 years before in the eastern provinces of Greece. ... Pyramus and Thisbe are tragic lovers, appearing far before Romeo and Juliet and having more cultural significance for the mythology-based Greek religion and heritage. Pyramus is the stereotypical handsome youth, and Thisbe is the fairest maiden. ... Finally, growing bold from deprivation, Pyramus and Thisbe devise a plan to slip away under the cover of night to meet at a predisposed location: the tomb of Ninus under the branches of snow white fruit on the mulberry tree. Thisbe manages to free herself from the watchful eye of her guardians first and makes her way to the meeting place with a veil covering her head.