Pyramus

Pȳrămus, i, m., = Πύραμος,

• the lover of Thisbe, who, on account of her supposed death, stabbed himself under a mulberry-tree, Ov. M. 4, 55 sq. — Hence,
• II Pȳrămĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pyramus, Pyramian: arbor, i.e. the mulberry-tree, Ser. Samm. 29, 553.

Pȳrămus, i, m., = Πύραμος,

• a river in Cilicia, now the Jaihān, Mel. 1, 13, 1; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Curt. 3, 4, 7; 3, 7, 5.

1. Pȳramus, ī, m. (Πύραμος), der unglückliche Geliebte der Thisbe, der sich aus Verzweiflung über den vermeintlichen Verlust seiner Geliebten bei einem Maulbeerbaume erstach, Ov. met. 4, 55 sqq. – Dav. Pȳrameus, a, um, pyramisch, arbor, der Maulbeerbaum, Ser. Samm. 550.

2. Pȳramus, ī, m. (Πύραμος), ein Fluß in Cilicien, j. Geihun (Dscheihun, Djyhun), Mela 1, 13, 1. Curt. 3, 4 (10), 7. Cic. ep. 3, 11 in. Avien. descr. orb. 1031.

Pȳrămus, (14) ī, m. (Πύραμος), ¶ 1 Pyrame [jeune Babylonien, amant de Thisbé] : Ov. M. 4, 55 || -ĕus, a, um, de Pyrame : Pyramea arbor Samm. 29, 553, lʼarbre de Pyrame [le mûrier, arbre sous lequel Pyrame se donna la mort] ¶ 2 le Pyrame [fleuve de Cilicie] : Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1 ; Curt. 3, 4, 7.

PYRAMUS

PY´RAMUS (Πύραμος,), one of the great rivers of Asia Minor, which has its sources in Cataonia near the town of Arabissus. (Strab. 1. p. 53, 14. p. 675.) For a time it passes under ground, but then comes forward again as a navigable river, and forces its way through a glen of Mount Taurus, which in some parts is so narrow that a god can leap across it. (Strab. 12. p. 536.) Its course, which until then had been south, now turns to the south-west, and reaches the sea st Mallus in Cilicia. This river is deep and rapid (Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 440); its average breadth was 1 stadium (Xenoph. Anab. 1.4.1), but it carried with it such a quantity of mud, that, according to an ancient oracle, its deposits were one day to reach the island of Cyprus, and thus unite it with the mainland. (Strab. l. c.; Eustath. ad Dionys, 867.) Stephanus B. (s. v.) states that formerly this river had been called Leucosyrus. (Comp. Scylax, p. 40; Ptol. 5.8.4; Plin. Nat. 5.22; Pomp. Mela, 1.13; Curtius (Curt. 3.7; Arrian, Arr. Anab. 2.5.8.) Its modern name is Seihun or Jechun.

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Pyrămus

(Πύραμος). See Thisbe.

Pyrămus

(Πύραμος). Now the Jihan; a large river in Asia Minor, rising in the Anti-Taurus range in Cappadocia, and flowing southwest through Cilicia until it falls into the sea near Mallus. It was also called Leucosȳrus from the Leucosyri, who lived on its banks.

Pyramus Pyramus, river

• in Cilicia: Apollod. 3.1.1