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She hugged his corps and filled the injury with her tears. Getting back she realized that the tree has changed color and she thought she was on the wrong place but then she saw Pyramus' dead body. She wanted to tell him the trouble she was in. Thisbe decided to go back so Pyramus wouldn't have to wait for her. The mulberry tree fruit became black and when the roots were covered in his blood it turned red. While he kissed the veil, he told it to drink his blood to and then ran a dagger through his heart. He took her veil and sat under the tree to cry. Thinking Thisbe was dead he blamed himself for her death and asked the lions to tear apart his body. Since her mouth were bloody the veil remained bloody. When the lioness drank some water, she found the veil and tore it apart. She saw a lioness and ran away into a dark cave but while she was running her veil fell off. She came to the tomb and sat under the tree. The day went away slowly and when night arrived Thisbe managed to sneak out of her house, covered with a veil. One night they arranged a runaway in the middle of the night and they made a deal to meet near Ninus' tomb. When they had to go home they would kiss the wall. They lusted for one kiss but they were grateful for the wall letting them speak to each other.

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The wall that stood between their houses was cracked and the two of them would tell each other love stories through the crack. They would have gotten engaged if their parents had allowed it. The two of them were the most beautiful and their neighborly relationships later on became love that grew stronger with each day.

Once upon a time Pyramus and Thisbe lived in a city built up by Semiramis. Pyramus and Thisbe (Metamorphoses, Book 4) It is believed that the Greek poets from the Hellenism made it a novel, and from all the literary interpretations of this story the only one that was preserved was Ovid's.

The story wasn't well known in Ovid's time but her traces could be spotted in the picture remains in Pompeii. One of the most famous mythological stories is the one about Pyramus and Thisbe. Every form of weakness, for example lack of own opinion, are shown in a negative way while the virtues like courage are always shown in the opposite way despite the fact that they are motivate with selfish intentions like revenge. 'Metamorphoses' have a clear, moral lesson because in them every flaw is being punished in some way, especially if that flaw is thoughtlessness. The relationships between them are dramatic and seldom have a happy ending because gods are by nature passionate, ruthless, prone to revenge and egoistic. In 'Metamorphoses' the gods' lives, their rises and falls are being shown in a grotesque way. One of their special powers is the power of metamorphosis which allows them to transform into something else in order to get their revenge, get something they want or to transform other people and gods so they could punish them or ease someone's tragic ending. The stories are about love troubles, have a lot of dramatic turns, betrayal, doubts and everything unrolls amongst gods. 'Metamorphoses' is consisted out of 246 stories of mythological thematic.