Baucis

[ baw-sis ]

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noun

, Classical Mythology.

an aged Phrygian peasant woman who, with her husband Philemon, offered hospitality to the disguised Zeus and Hermes: they were rewarded by being saved from a flood and changed into trees.

Baucis

/ ˈbɔːsɪs /

Greek myth a poor peasant woman who, with her husband Philemon, was rewarded for hospitality to the disguised gods Zeus and Hermes

Philemon bends above old Baucis at the High School gate, though hitherto they have been sycamores.

Its character may be compared to the honey with which the author crowns the miraculous hoard of Baucis and Philemon.

Baucis and Philemon entertain the gods, who convert their hut into a Temple.

Baucis, do you go and fill a bowl with snow-water and wet a handkerchief—I will lay it on his forehead, and that will cool him.

To carry you, sweet Claudia, is indeed a pleasure—but me, wrinkled old Baucis!

April 19, 2024tortuous

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