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Pyramus and Thisby (Thisbe):Pyramus,a youth ofBabylon,became enamoured of Thisbe. The lovers,whom their parents forbade to marry,agreed to meetat the tomb of Ninus,outside the walls of Babylon.Thisbe came first to the appointed place,but beingfrightened by a lioness fled into a cave,dropping aveil,which the lioness covered with the blood of a cow. Pyramus,arriving,found the bloody veil,and,concluding that Thisbe had been devoured,stabbedhimself. Thisbe,returning and finding the dyingPyramus,fell upon his sword.提斯璧者，巴比倫一美麗少女也。為皮拉摩斯所愛(ài)戀，因父母反對(duì)，好事難諧，遂不得不私行幽會(huì)，某日約于耐奴斯墓園相見(jiàn)。提斯璧先至，見(jiàn)一雌獅方咬碎一牛，乃驚惶逸去。匆匆遺一罩衣，獅攫取之，并使染有血跡。皮拉摩斯旋來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)此衣，以為提斯璧已遭不測(cè)，遂情急自刎。提斯璧返時(shí)見(jiàn)皮拉摩斯之尸身，亦自殺焉。事見(jiàn)奧維德《變形記》。（梁實(shí)秋譯）
△Mid.1.2.12:“and most cruel death of Pyramusand Thisby.”皮拉摩斯與提斯璧的最殘酷之死。 |