1. Ancient myth and modern culture
Pyramus and Thisbe,
a love story without an happy ending

2. Ovid’s myth Pyramus and Tisbe grew up together. (from Pollon)
Thisbe is talking to Pyramus thought
a break in the wall because she couldn’t meet him
Pyramus and Tisbe grew up together. (from Pollon)
Waterhouse, Thysbe

3. The tragic end Gregorio Pagani’s Pyramus and Thisbe
Pyramus and Thysbe,pompei casa di octavio:
Pyramus seems killed by a lioness but it is not true.
Hans Baldung Grien’s Pyramus and Thisbe

4. The myth in the literature
Italian:
12th century - Tristano e Isotta
14th century - Boccaccio’s De mulieribus claris
15th century - Masuccio Salernitano’s Il Novellino (Mariotto e Ganozza) 
English:
16th century - Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream 
Dutch:
There are a lot of rewritings of the story, like from Dirk Potter and Charivarius.

5. Nothing else matters
“Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view And nothing else matters
Never care for what they say Never care for games they play Never care for what they do Never care for what they know And I know”
Metallica

6. Tristan/Tristano and Isolde/Isotta
the two lovers can only be together by death
no official author
the story was very influential in the Middle Ages

7. A sad love story in the Chinese culture
- Butterfly lovers
- A famous Chinese legend
- Set in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

8. In conclusion we have learnt that myths can deal with topics that are always actual, for instance, love. <3
By Nicola, Midas, Casper, Leon, Riccardo, Michele