Pyramus and Thisbe fell in love but were forbidden from being together by their parents. They communicated through a crack in the wall between their homes and planned to elope by meeting at the Tomb of Ninus. Thisbe arrived first but was scared away by a lioness, leaving her cloak behind. Pyramus found the bloody cloak and, believing Thisbe was dead, killed himself. When Thisbe returned and found Pyramus dead, she also took her own life. The gods took pity on them and placed their ashes together in an urn.