Baucis and Philemon - Филемон и Бавкида

Philemon and Baucis were an aged couple who lived in a poor hut in Phrygia. As the legend goes, once Jupiter and Mercury travelled in disguise over Asia; they sought shelter for the night, but nobody wanted to let the strangers in. Baucis and Philemon entertained the gods hospitably, and Jupiter transformed their dwelling into a splendid temple, of which the old couple were made the priest and priestess, Having lived to extreme old age, they died in the same hour, according to their request, and were changed into the trees whose boughs intertwined. The story of Baucis and Philemon is told by Ovid, the Roman poet, in his Metamorphoses. Their names are a symbol of fond and constant old couple.

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Кто записал древнегреческий миф о Филемоне и Бавкиде?
The legend is recorded in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Что вы знаете о «Метаморфозах» и их авторе?
Ovid was a Roman poet. Не was born in 43 В. С. and died in 18 A. D. His Metamorphoses а-re a poetical interpretation of classical myths.
Что символизируют имена Филемона и Бавкиды?
The names have become a synonym for a devoted old couple.
За что Юпитер вознаградил Филемона и Б ав ­ киду?
They were rewarded for entertaining the gods when every one else refused them hospitality.
Почему никто другой не принял у себя Юпитера и Меркурия?
The people there were inhospitable, and as the gods were travelling in disguise, the people took them for wayfarers.
Как были вознаграждены Филемон и Бавкида за свое гостеприимство?
They were saved from a flood, and became priest and priestess of the temple into which the gods changed their old cottage. When they grew very old, Jupiter turned them into trees.
Встречаются ли подобные сюжеты в литературе других народов? Similar stories are given in the fairy-tales of different countries, for instance, in the Marchen of the Grimm brothers.