Bonus X- Pyramus and Thisbe (Valentine's Day Special)

It's Valentine's Day! Let's look at some of the romantic stories in Greek mythology and... oh. Well, at least Ovid gave up a prototype version of Romeo and Juliet to work with. That's right, it's the story of Pyramus and Thisbe!Sources for this episode:Boccaccio, G. (1963), Concerning Famous Women. Translated by G. A. Guarino. Rutgers, The State University.Chaucer, G. (1889), The Legend of Good Women. Edited by W. W. Skeat. Oxford: The Clarendon Press.Dalley, S. (2005), Semiramis in History and Legend. Chapter in: Gruech, E. S. (editor), Cultural Borrowings and Ethnic Appropriations in Antiquity. Oriens et Occidens 8. Franz Steiner Verlag.Droß-Krüpe, K. (2023), Changing Identities at the Turn of the Common Era: The Case of Semiramis. Studia Orientalia Electronica 11(2): 116-129.Harrison, S. J., Oxford Classical Dictionary (2016, updated 2017), Pyramus and Thisbe (Accessed c.04/02/2025).Herodotus (1971), The Histories. Translated by A. de Sélincourt. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.Ovid (1968), Metamorphoses. Translated by M. M. Innes. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.Sayce, A. H. (1888), The Legend of Semiramis. The English Historical Review 3(9): 104–13.Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Ninus (online) (Accessed 04/02/2025).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Shamshi-Adad V (online) (Accessed 04/02/2025).