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

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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:

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  • 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.
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