Babylon Unlike a lot of Greek and Roman myths, the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe isn't set in Greece, the Italian Peninsula, or even anywhere on Mediterranean Sea. Instead, the tragedy of these young...

The most famous, straight-up version of the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe comes from our main man Ovid, who lays out the whole sad story in his Metamorphoses. But then, of course, Shakespeare had to c...

The Hero's Journey is a framework that scholar Joseph Campbell came up with that many myths and stories follow. Many storytellers and story-readers find it a useful way to look at tale. (That's act...