Baucis

American  

[baw-sis] / ˈbɔ sɪs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. 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.

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Baucis British  

/ ˈbɔːsɪs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The romantic image of Baucis and Philemon in Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” growing in age together over centuries like intergrafted trees, is just that, Gubar concludes: romance.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018

The loving old couple, Baucis and Philemon, serve their unexpected guests-in-disguise, Jupiter and Mercury, a humble supper of cabbage and bacon, but first, Baucis, her skirts tucked up, was setting the table With trembling hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trivet-table of a foot was lame, A blot which prudent Baucis overcame, Who thrust beneath the limping leg a sherd.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her name was Baucis, she told the strangers, and her husband was called Philemon.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

But when both Philemon and Baucis had had to give up the chase panting and exhausted, the gods felt that the time had come for them to take action.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton