单词 | pyramus and thisby (thisbe): |
释义 | Pyramus and Thisby (Thisbe):Pyramus,a youth ofBabylon,became enamoured of Thisbe. The lovers,whom their parents forbade to marry,agreed to meetat the tomb of Ninus,outside the walls of Babylon.Thisbe came first to the appointed place,but beingfrightened by a lioness fled into a cave,dropping aveil,which the lioness covered with the blood of a cow. Pyramus,arriving,found the bloody veil,and,concluding that Thisbe had been devoured,stabbedhimself. Thisbe,returning and finding the dyingPyramus,fell upon his sword.提斯璧者,巴比伦一美丽少女也。为皮拉摩斯所爱恋,因父母反对,好事难谐,遂不得不私行幽会,某日约于耐奴斯墓园相见。提斯璧先至,见一雌狮方咬碎一牛,乃惊惶逸去。匆匆遗一罩衣,狮攫取之,并使染有血迹。皮拉摩斯旋来发现此衣,以为提斯璧已遭不测,遂情急自刎。提斯璧返时见皮拉摩斯之尸身,亦自杀焉。事见奥维德《变形记》。(梁实秋译) |
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