Baucis
- The wife of Philemon, in Phrygia. She, with her husband, entertained, in a very hospitable manner, Jupiter and Mercury, who came to them in the form of men; in return for which they were changed to two sacred trees before their hut, which became a temple, Ov. M. 8, 631 sq.—
- II Meton., an old woman, Pers. 4, 21.
Qui de la Porta Raymondo de Bouello interrogando, petiit, qua de causa matrem suam appellaverat Baucem seu vetulam.Pro quavis paupere muliercula utitur Pers. Sat. 4. 21. ab anu paupercula hujus nominis apud Ovid. lib. 8. Metam. v. 631.
a Phrygian woman, in whose humble dwelling Jupiter and Mercury were hospitably received, after having been refused admission by every one else in the country. Baucis and her husband Philemon were therefore saved by the gods when they visited the country with an inundation; and Jupiter made Baucis and Philemon priests in his temple; and when the two mortals expressed a wish to die together, Jupiter granted their request by changing them simultaneously into trees. (Ov. Met. 8.620_724.) [L.S]
(Βαυκίς), a Greek poetess, who is called a disciple of Sappho. She was a native of Tenos, and a friend of Erinna. She died at a youthful age, just before her marriage, and Erinna is said to have written the epitaph upon her which is still extant, and which, together with another fragment of Erinna, contains all we know about Baucis. (Anthol. Gr. 7.710, 712; Bergk, Poet. Lyr. Gr. p. 633.) [L.S]
(Βαυκίς). See Philemon.
- Olympic victor: Paus. 6.8.4