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

While this cooked Baucis set the table with her trembling old hands.

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

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