Thisbe

=** Thisbe **= Thisbe is a part of an enchanting love story made for ages. All that is said about her family ties is that they were the rivals of their neighbors, who's family included Pyramus, her lover. Having been separated by their parents, Thisbe would give signals to pyramus and vice-versa to communicate. The two were able to find a crack in the wall, which they used to talk to each other when no one was looking. After the two were separated, this was their only means of communicating and showing their affection for each other (They'd press their lips on the crack to simulate a kiss). One day, they agreed to meet. The night of the meeting, Thisbe slipped out of her home first and awaited for Pyramus' arrival. While there, a lion appears and scares her away. Running, her veil falls and is unfortunately picked up by the lion's bloody mouth. After making sure that the lion had gone, Thisbe immediately ran out of her shade to meet hr lover to tell him about her experience. In the meeting place, the story's pieces come together and she sees her dead lover and her bloodied veil. In such agony, Thisbe commits suicide by falling onto Pyramus' sword. The sad but engrossing tale has a lot of similarity to Shakespeare's "star crossed lover" motif.

Source: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_pyramusthisbe.htm