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Pyramus
Thisbe is the teenage character in the love story of Pyramus and Thisbe told by one of the daughters of Minyas. When Thisbe returns to the mulberry tree after hiding from the lion and finds Pyramus dead, she sees the cloak she had dropped covered with blood from the lion’s mouth and realizes that Pyramus had thought she was dead. Blaming herself for Pyramus’s death, Thisbe kills herself beside him. Their blood seeps into the soil and permanently stains the mulberry berries red.
Thisbe Quotes in Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses quotes below are all either spoken by Thisbe or refer to Thisbe . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 4: Pyramus and Thisbe Quotes
We both implore you to grant this prayer: as our hearts were truly
united in love, and death has at last united our bodies,
lay us to rest in a single tomb. Begrudge us not that!
And you, O tree, whose branches are already casting their shadows
on one poor body and soon will be overshadowing two,
preserve the marks of our death; let your fruit forever be dark
as a token of mourning, a monument marking the blood of two lovers.
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This quote is a part of the speech that Thisbe gives after she finds Pyramus’s body and is about to kill herself to be with him. This quote describes both the depth and the tragic nature of Pyramus and Thisbe’s love. Thisbe prays to the gods, explaining that she and Pyramus’s hearts were “truly united in love.” This suggests that, in contrast to some of the other examples of love throughout the Metamorphoses, Pyramus and Thisbe possessed true love for each other—the kind of love that unites two people. Thisbe then goes on to say that, while her and Pyramus’s Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et.
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Thisbe Character Timeline in Metamorphoses
The timeline below shows where the character Thisbe appears in Metamorphoses. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 4: Pyramus and Thisbe
...story of how the mulberry tree’s white berries became red: once, two beautiful teenagers—Pyramus and Thisbe—lived in adjoining estates. Growing up together, they fall in love, but they are forbidden to...
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One day, Pyramus and Thisbe decide to elude their guards the next night and run away together. They decide to...
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Soon after, Pyramus arrives at the mulberry tree and discovers Thisbe’s bloody cloak. Thinking that Thisbe was eaten by a wild beast, Pyramus stabs himself, wanting...
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A little later, Thisbe dares to leave the cave and return to the mulberry tree to meet Pyramus. She...
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Book 4: Mars and Venus
After the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, Minyas’s second daughter tells the story of Mars and Venus: once, the Sun god discovered...
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