Pyramus and Thisbe

[ pir-uh-muh s ]
/ ˈpɪr ə məs /

plural noun Classical Mythology.

two young lovers of Babylon who held conversations clandestinely, and in defiance of their parents, through a crack in a wall. On believing Thisbe dead, Pyramus killed himself. When Thisbe discovered his body she committed suicide.

British Dictionary definitions for pyramus and thisbe

Pyramus and Thisbe
/ (ˈpɪrəməs, ˈθɪzbɪ) /

noun

(in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same