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in classical legend, a Babyparents would not let them marry, they lived in contiguous houses, and as their parents would not let them marry, they contrived to converse together through a hole in the garden wall. On one occasion they agreed to meet at Ninus's tomb, and Thisbe, who was first at the spot, lion seized the garment and tore it. When dropping her garment on the way. The lion seized the garment and tore it. When Pyramus arrived and saw the garment, he concluded that a lion had eaten Thisbe, ing to the tomb, saw Pyramus dead, and killed herself also. The story is travestied in "The Midsummer Night's Dream," by Shakespeare. common name of

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