The tale of Pyramus and Thisbe tells of their love for each other. Both were the most beautiful of all Babylonia. If it had not been for their parents refusal to allow them to marry, they would have. They lived right next to each other and discovered a crack in the wall that seperated their two houses.
One day, Pyramus and Thisbe were to meet in a spot near a white mulberry tree and spring, far away from the bustling town. Thisbe arrived first and met a lioness instead of her beloved Pyramus. After Thisbe fled from the scene, leaving her veil behind, the lioness drank some water from the spring. Spying Thisbe's veil, the lioness attacked it and left blood from her previous prey on it.
When Pyramus arrived late, he only saw what was left from the actions of the lioness. Thinking the lioness had devoured his Thisbe, Pyramus killed himself with his own sword, clutching Thisbe's veil in his hand.
Thisbe, coming out from her hiding place, saw Pyramus and decided that she would kill herself as well, for the sake of her Pyramus, as he had done for her.