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Pyramus

In Greek mythology, Pyramus and Thisbe (Ancient Greek: Πύραμος καὶ Θίσβη, romanized: Púramos kaì Thísbē) are a pair of ill-fated lovers from Babylon, whose story is best known from Ovid's narrative poem Metamorphoses. The tragic myth has been retold by many authors.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 634592.