Baucis and Philemon

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• Baucis and Philemon — In Ovid s moralizing fable ( Metamorphoses VIII), which stands on the periphery of Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Baucis and Philemon were an old married couple in the region of Tyana, which Ovid places in Phrygia, and the only ones in… …   Wikipedia

• Baucis and Philemon — /ˈbɔsəs ən fɪˈlimɒn/ (say bawsuhs uhn fi leemon) noun Greek Legend a poor and aged Phrygian couple who were rewarded for offering hospitality to Zeus and Hermes in disguise …  

• Philémon et Baucis — ( Philemon and Baucis ) is an opera in three acts by Charles Gounod with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. The opera is based on the tale of Baucis and Philemon as told by La Fontaine (derived in turn from Ovid s Metamorphoses Book… …   Wikipedia

• Philemon — may refer to:People: * Philemon (poet), a poet of the Athenian Democracy * Philemon (New Testament person), the recipient of Saint Paul s Epistle to Philemon * Saint Philemon the actor, early fourth century Christian martyr * Philemon of Valaam… …   Wikipedia

• Baucis — means several things:* A character in the Greek legend of Baucis and Philemon * Asteroid 172 Baucis * A Greek poet whose work is now lost, contemporaneous with Sappho and Erinna, apostrophized in Erinna s Distaff …   Wikipedia

• Philémon et Baucis — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Philémon et Baucis (homonymie). Philémon et Baucis, par Adam Elsheimer (1600) Dans la mythologie grecque, P …   Wikipédia en Français

• Philemon — /faɪˈlimən/ (say fuy leemuhn), /ˈfɪləmən/ (say filuhmuhn) noun 1. See Baucis and Philemon. 2. the Epistle of Paul to Philemon, a brief New Testament epistle, written by Paul …  

• 172 Baucis — is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is an S type asteroid.It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on February 5, 1877 and named after a character in the Greek legend of Baucis and Philemon …   Wikipedia

• Baucis — [bô′sis] n. Gr. Myth. a poor old woman who, with her husband, Philemon, shows such hospitality to the disguised Zeus and Hermes that the grateful gods turn their humble cottage into a temple …   English World dictionary

• Tristan and Iseult — The legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy, retold in numerous sources with as many variations. The tragic story of the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan (Tristram) and the Irish princess Iseult… …   Wikipedia

• Lord Thomas and Fair Annet — (Child 73, Roud [http://library.efdss.org/cgi bin/query.cgi?cross=off index roud=on query=4 field=20 4] ) is a folk ballad. [Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads , [http://www.sacred texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch073.htm Lord… …   Wikipedia