enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Pyramus and Thisbe - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramus_and_Thisbe

   Ovid's is the oldest surviving version of the story, published in 8 AD, but he adapted an existing aetiological myth.While in Ovid's telling Pyramus and Thisbe lived in Babylon, and Ctesias had placed the tomb of his imagined king Ninus near that city, the myth probably originated in Cilicia (part of Ninus' Babylonian empire) as Pyramos is the historical Greek name of the local Ceyhan River.

3. Metamorphoses - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphoses

   His Romeo and Juliet is influenced by the story of Pyramus and Thisbe (Metamorphoses Book IV); [36] and, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, a band of amateur actors performs a play about Pyramus and Thisbe. [37] Shakespeare's early erotic poem Venus and Adonis expands on the myth in Book X of the Metamorphoses. [38]

4. Star-crossed - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed

   Pyramus and Thisbe are usually regarded as the source for Romeo and Juliet, [3] and is featured in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Wuthering Heights , considered to be one of the greatest love stories in literary works, [ 4 ] is a tale of all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between the star-crossed Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff ...

5. Romeo - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo

   The earliest tale bearing a resemblance to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is Xenophon of Ephesus' Ephesiaca, whose heroic figure is a Habrocomes.The character of Romeo is also similar to that of Pyramus in Ovid's Metamorphoses, a youth who is unable to meet the object of his affection due to an ancient family quarrel, and later kills himself due to mistakenly believing her to have been dead. [3]

6. Romeo and Juliet - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet

   This collection included a version in prose of the Romeo and Juliet story named "The goodly History of the true and constant love of Romeo and Juliett". Shakespeare took advantage of this popularity: The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Romeo and Juliet are all from Italian novelle.

7. Derivative work - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work

   The musical West Side Story, is a derivative work based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, because it uses numerous expressive elements from the earlier work. [42] However, Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet is also a derivative work that draws heavily from Pyramus and Thisbe and other sources. Nevertheless, no legal rule prevents a ...

8. Review: The story may be basic, but the visually dazzling ...

   www.aol.com/news/review-story-may-basic-visually...

   Following the familiar "Romeo and Juliet" template, the latest movie from Pixar Animation puts a new spin on a tale of opposites attracting. Review: The story may be basic, but the visually ...

9. Category:Pyramus and Thisbe - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pyramus_and_Thisbe

   The story has been retold by many authors. Ovid's version is the oldest surviving account, but the story likely originated from earlier myths in Cilicia . The tale has been adapted in various forms, inspiring works such as William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream , as well as modern adaptations in literature, opera ...