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What does Thisbe mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Roman) One of a pair of ill-fated lovers, whose story forms part of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
  2. (astronomy) Short for 88 Thisbe, a main belt asteroid; named for Thisbe, heroine of a Roman fable mentioned above.
Name
  1. A female given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) Where the doves live.
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Ovid, in his story of Pyramus and Thisbe, tells us that the black mulberry was originally white.
Thisbe saw these things as in a dream, and suddenly the truth awoke her.
As long, however, as the Thisbe was in sight they would not make the attempt.
I remember having so much fun doing the Pyramus and Thisbe play.
The courtly audience at Pyramus and Thisbe is socially superior to the actors but little more sophisticated about what makes a play work.
There is a big wall in the way, and it won't do to repeat the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe.

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