Pyramus

Pyramus is the object of Thisbe's love in the Roman fable of Pyramus and Thisbe, where he in a forbidden relationship with a neighbour meets in secret and talks through a crack in the wall.

Pyramus later commits suicide thinking himself responsible for Thisbe's death. Thisbe, finding Pyramus dead through this misconception, takes his sword and uses it to kill herself.

Pyramus has often been referenced in late second millennium works, especially in relation to the wall that separated her and Thisbe. It is also thought that Pyramus may have been the basis of Shakespeare's Romeo. The myth of Pyramus and Thisbe played a role in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.