# Pyramus — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Pyramus in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Thisbe, Thisbe Pyramus, young Thisbe, poor Pyramus

**First appearance:** 0009-pyramus-and-thisbe

## Who they are

Babylonian lover who died for love of Thisbe in a tragic tale of miscommunication.

## In the story

### [III: Apollo and Daphne—Pyramus and Thisbe—Cephalus and Procris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/iii-apollo-and-daphne-pyramus-and-thisbe-cephalus-and-procris)

Handsomest youth of Babylonia; lover of Thisbe; dies by suicide believing Thisbe has been killed by a lioness.

### [Pyramus and Thisbe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/pyramus-and-thisbe)

The handsomest youth in Babylonia, deeply in love with Thisbe. He mistakenly believes she is dead and commits suicide.

### [Pyramus and Thisbe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/pyramus-and-thisbe)

The fairest maiden in Babylonia, lover of Pyramus. She flees from a lioness and later finds Pyramus dead, then kills herself.

### [P](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/p)

Lover of Thisbe; their tragic story involves a misunderstanding leading to both their deaths.

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