Philemon and Baucis (redirected from Baucis and Philemon)

Philemon and Baucis, in Greek mythology, Phrygian husband and wife. When Zeus and Hermes visited earth as men, only Philemon and Baucis offered them hospitality. As a reward they were saved from a punitive flood and were made priest and priestess to the gods. They died together and were turned into trees whose branches intertwined.

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Philemon and Baucis

In Greek mythology, a pious old couple in Phrygia. When Zeus and Hermes, disguised as wayfarers, had been turned away by the couple's richer neighbors, Philemon and Baucis extended them hospitality. As a reward they were spared when a flood swept the countryside. Their cottage was turned into a temple, and they became priest and priestess of it. Years later they were granted their wish to die at the same moment, and they were turned into trees.

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Philemon and Baucis

fabled aged couple. [Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]

See : Age, Old

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Philemon and Baucis

poor couple welcomes disguised gods refused by rich households. [Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]

See : Hospitality

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Philemon and Baucis

couple turned into an oak and a linden so that they are together in death. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 698]

See : Transformation