# Pyramus — Metamorphoses character guide

> Pyramus in Metamorphoses by Ovid.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** young Pyramus

**First appearance:** 0031-story-of-pyramus-and-thisbe

## Snapshot

A Babylonian youth who arranges a midnight meeting with Thisbe, arrives first, and mistakes a lioness's bloody trail for his lover's death.

## Who they are

Pyramus loves Thisbe across a family feud, whispering through a crack in the wall that separates their houses until they agree to meet beneath a mulberry tree. When he finds a lioness's torn veil and pawprints in the blood, he assumes Thisbe is dead and falls on his sword, a misreading that seals both their fates. His story, told by a Minyeid within Ovid's poem, becomes the template for tragic lovers who die from a single wrong conclusion.

## In the story

### [Book IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/book-iv)

Young Babylonian lover who kills himself believing Thisbe has been devoured by a lioness.

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

A Babylonian youth who falls in love with Thisbe; he mistakenly believes she is dead and stabs himself.

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