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Woman of Assyrian Mythology, lover of Pyramus. Both were young Babylonians who loved each other secretly, for the belief of having been killed by a lioness, both committed suicide by sticking a knife at different times and with their blood they gave the red color to the blackberries. It is part of one of Ovid's accounts in Metamorphosis. Tisbe or Tisbé can also be used. Name of an asteroid . Female protagonist of a two-act opera with music by Johann Adolf Hasse and Italian libretto by Marco Coltellini, which was based on the tragic story of the Babylonian lovers and called "Piramo e Tisbe" (Pyramo and Tisbe).