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	Philemon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Philemon is the recipient of the Epistle to Philemon, which is a book of the Bible from the New Testament.
		Philemon was a character in Greek mythology, husband of Baucis.
		Philemon is a genus of birds in the Meliphagidae family of Passeriformes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philemon (234 words)

	Philemon und Baucis - Synopsis in English
		Philemon and Baucis alternately pray to the Gods (2) to lessen the fury of the storm; they fall on their knees, the storm abates and the landscape is bathed in the red of the dying sun.
		In the hut of Philemon and Baucis are two urns, with the ashes of their son, Aret, and his betrothed, Narcissa.
		Philemon suggests (9) that they kill the goose which they had been saving for the wedding meal, and which, after the death of the bridal pair, they had intended to slaughter as an offering to the gods.
	www.habsburg.co.uk /haydncds/synopsis.html (951 words)

	VI. b. Baucis and Philemon. Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They presented themselves, as weary travellers, at many a door, seeking rest and shelter, but found all closed, for it was late, and the inhospitable inhabitants would not rouse themselves to open for their reception.
		At last a humble mansion received them, a small thatched cottage, where Baucis, a pious old dame, and her husband Philemon, united when young, had grown old together.
		Struck with terror, Baucis and Philemon recognized their heavenly guests, fell on their knees, and with clasped hands implored forgiveness for their poor entertainment.
	www.bartleby.com /181/062.html (1022 words)

	Baucis and Philemon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Philemon raided his meager provisions and brought out some olives, eggs and radishes; while Baucis boiled a pot of water, he hurried out to their modest garden and came in with a freshly-picked cabbage.
		Philemon then said that they had a goose (more of a pet to them, truth be told) and that they would gladly cook and serve it to their guests.
		They commended Baucis and Philemon on their splendid hospitality, and informed them that they were unlike the rest of their countrymen.
	www.thanasis.com /store/baucis.htm (1461 words)

	PHILEMON and BAUCIS - LoveToKnow Article on PHILEMON and BAUCIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The country was overwhelmed by a flood; the cottage, which alone emained standing, was changed into a magnificent temple.
		The gods appointed Philemon and Baucis priest and priestess, and granted their prayer that they might die together.
		The story, \hich emphasizes the sacred duty of hospitality, is probably of local Phrygian origin, 3ut together from two widely circulated legends of the visits of gods to men, and of the preservation of certain individuals rrom the flood as the reward of piety.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PH/PHILEMON_and_BAUCIS.htm (193 words)

	Latin 1 - Mythology - Love Myths - Philemon and Baucis
		Philemon and Baucis were elderly peasants in the country of Phrygia.
		During the meal, as Philemon poured wine from a mixing bowl he noticed that it kept filling up by itself.
		They embraced each other and cried, "Farewell!" Baucis was turned into a linden tree and Philemon into an oak, two different but beautiful trees intertwined with one another.
	www.dl.ket.org /latin1/mythology/3fables/love/baucis.htm (373 words)

	Charles GOUNOD : Philemon et Baucis
		Philémon brings more food and Baucis amuses his guests by telling them the fable of the rat of cities and rat of fields.
		She wakes her husband up, but is annoyed because he does not recognize her at first sight; she resists by bantering his burning advances and runs away.
		Baucis, finally filled with the regret to have deceived Philémon, conceives a plan so that Jupiter loses interest in her.
	www.charles-gounod.com /vi/oeuvres/operas/philemo.htm (635 words)

	Love Stories
		The gods revealed their identity to Baucis and Philemon, and told them that they would be spared from the gods’ wrath because of their hospitality.
		Their neighbors, though, were swept in a great flood, while Baucis and Philemon’s cottage became a large temple.
		Baucis and Philemon serve as priests to the gods.
	www.angelfire.com /dragon/pinkpredatorsex/love.html (3178 words)

	Linden trees - Trees & Shrubs Forum - GardenWeb
		Baucis and Philemon were their names, and, although they were very poor, they tended their bees, and pruned their grape vine, and milked their one cow, and were happy from morning till night.
		So Baucis and Philemon brought the strangers, who were quite faint for food, to their cottage, and they spread before them all that they had, which was very little—a half a loaf of brown bread, a tiny bit of honey from their own hives, and a pitcher of milk.
		That night Baucis and Philemon slept upon the floor, that the strangers might have their bed; and in the morning they went to the edge of the hill to see the strangers safely started on their homeward way.
	www.au.gardenweb.com /forums/load/trees/msg0508142015637.html (2019 words)

	A Children's story about Arbor Day - Baucis and Philemon - Kids Arbor Day Stories
		Philemon cut off a rasher to roast, and, while his guests refreshed themselves with a wash at the rustic trough, he gathered pot-herbs from his patch of garden.
		Presently they reached the top of the mountain, and Baucis and Philemon saw all the country round, with villages and people, sinking into a marsh - while their own cottage alone was left standing.
		The gods then vanished from their sight, but as long as their lives lasted Baucis and Philemon were the guardians of the white temple that once had been their home.
	www.apples4theteacher.com /holidays/arbor-day/kids-short-stories/baucis-and-philemon.html (879 words)

	New Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Baucis and Philemon invite them in and offer them what little they have.
		Jupiter and Mercury reveal themselves to Baucis and Philemon and tell them they will grant them any wish they desire for their hospitality.
		Baucis and Philemon ask that they never know the pain of ever losing the other, and they wish to die at the same time.
	home.comcast.net /~shangtraz/engagement_ring.htm (342 words)

	Vincent's NT Word Studies - Philemon 1
		Philemon's kindly reception of Onesimus must not even seem to be constrained.
		Not only does he avoid the word ran away, which might have irritated Philemon, but he also uses the passive voice, not the middle, separated himself, as an intimation that Onesimus' flight was divinely ordered for good.
		However Philemon may regard Onesimus, as a fact he is now no longer as a slave.
	www.godrules.net /library/vincent/vincentphil1.htm (2597 words)

	Philemon & Baucis, Greek Mythology Link.
		These gods descended to earth disguised as mortals, and when they were wandering in the region where Philemon and Baucis lived, they sought a place to rest, but no home would receive them until they knocked at the door of this aged couple's humble home.
		So while the visitors noticed that their hosts were serving them abounding goodwill, the hosts noticed that each time the mixing-bowl with wine was drained it filled of itself, which should not be so surprising, for goodwill is often the prelude of things that are sometimes considered as miracles when goodwill has not yet appeared.
		With these words the gods took the old couple to a tall mountain in the vicinity, and when Philemon and Baucis looked back from the top they saw the whole country-side flooded with water, but in the middle of this new large lake their own house still remained.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Philemon.html (487 words)

	AN ANALYSIS OF A TEXT IN TERMS OF THE SEVEN STANDARDS OF TEXTUALITY : The Text: “Baucis and Philemon” by Edith ...
		The text, Baucis and Philemon, which will be analyzed is a version of one of the Roman myths written by E.Hamilton by using the Ovid’s poem as a source for it.
		Baucis and Philemon: Husband and wife who were rewarded by the gods for their hospitality to strangers.
		As it is aimed at the beginning, the text, “Baucis and Philemon” has been studied in detail in terms of the seven standards of textuality.
	www.ingilish.com /textuality-standards.htm (3647 words)

	Philemon und Baucis (Philemon and Baucis) (Joseph Haydn) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Philemon und Baucis (Philemon and Baucis) (Joseph Haydn)
		Jupiter and Mercury take shelter with Philemon and Baucis, whose dead son is restored to life, with his betrothed, as a reward for a hospitality not shown by others.
		A temple is built, with Philemon and Baucis as priests, being raised to heaven in a chariot.
	www.naxos.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Philemon_und_Baucis(Philemon_and_Baucis)(Joseph_Haydn).htm (100 words)

	Bulfinch's Mythology, The Age of Fable - Chapter 6: Midas, Baucis and Philemon
		On the bench designed for the guests was laid a cushion stuffed with sea-weed; and a cloth, only produced on great occasions, but ancient and coarse enough, was spread over that.
		There was an old goose, which they kept as the guardian of their humble cottage; and they bethought them to make this a sacrifice in honour of their guests.
		The story of Baucis and Philemon has been imitated by Swift, in a burlesque style, the actors in the change being two wandering saints, and the house being changed into a church, of which Philemon is made the parson.
	www.bulfinch.org /fables/bull6.html (1955 words)

	Wikinfo \| Philemon
		Philemon was a woman in Greek mythology, wife of Baucis.
		and the recipient of the Epistle to Philemon.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Philemon (170 words)

	Baucis - TheBestLinks.com - Asteroid, Greek mythology, Baucis and Philemon, Disambig, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Baucis - TheBestLinks.com - Asteroid, Greek mythology, Baucis and Philemon, Disambig,...
		Baucis, Asteroid, Greek mythology, Baucis and Philemon, Disambig, 172 Baucis
		A character in the Greek legend of Baucis and Philemon
	www.thebestlinks.com /Baucis.html (120 words)

	Poetry Life & Times - August 2005 Featured Poets: 2
		Baucis and Philemon shared with their guests all of the best that they had.
		Baucis and Philemon’s reward for their generosity was that they would be priests and guardians of his temple (a comfortable life!); and they asked further that they depart life together, at the same moment:
		Baucis and Philemon made their guests comfortable, Prepared as much food as they could (though holding back a moiety for themselves) Set the table as best they could.
	www.poetrylifeandtimes.com /Aug05_2.html (1314 words)

	The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Philemon und Baucis, oder Jupiters Reise auf der Erde@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Philemon und Baucis, oder Jupiters Reise auf der Erde
		Philemon and Baucis, or Jupiter's journey to Earth
		Marionette opera by Haydn (libretto by G K Pfeffel), produced at the palace Eszterhza, Hungary, on 2 September 1773.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:100166512&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (169 words)

	Ovid's Metamorphoses (Myth-Folklore Online)
		But one received them: it was humble it is true, roofed with reeds and stems from the marsh, but godly Baucis and the equally aged Philemon, had been wedded in that cottage in their younger years, and there had grown old together.
		They were fearful at this strange and astonishing sight, and timidly Baucis and Philemon murmured a prayer, their palms upwards, and begged the gods' forgiveness for the meal, and their unpreparedness.
		When he had spoken briefly with Baucis, Philemon revealed their joint request to the gods.
	www.mythfolklore.net /3043mythfolklore/reading/ovid/pages/20.htm (1152 words)

	Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis by ELSHEIMER, Adam
		Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis by ELSHEIMER, Adam
		Philemon and Baucis was an old couple who, according to Ovid (Met.
		Jupiter and Mercury, for it was they, then revealed themselves to Philemon and Baucis, and took them up to the mountainside where they observed that the whole country was covered with flood waters, except for the cottage which had been changed into a temple.
	www.wga.hu /html/e/elsheime/jupiter.html (145 words)

	AllRefer.com - Philemon and Baucis (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
		Philemon and Baucis, in Greek mythology, Phrygian husband and wife.
		When Zeus and Hermes visited earth as men, only Philemon and Baucis offered them hospitality.
		As a reward they were saved from a punitive flood and were made priest and priestess to the gods.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PhilBauc.html (173 words)

	Remarks on Goethe's Faust, Part 2, Act II
		The first scene takes place in the open country where an ancient couple, Baucis and Phelemon, live in a simple hut; nearby there is a small chapel, a grove of linden trees, and a sand-dune, which used to separate the homestead from the ocean.
		His thoughts are interrupted by the sound of the bell from Baucis and Philemon's chapel, and it infuriates him.
		His Eden may not be such a nice place to live after all, and we realize that Baucis and Philemon were wise to hold onto their high ground (11137-8).
	www.cs.utk.edu /~mclennan/Classes/UH348/remarks-2-V.html (5766 words)

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		When they had took a second draught, Behold, a miracle was wrought; For, Baucis with amazement found, Although the jug had twice gone round, It still was full up to the top, As they ne'er had drunk a drop.
		Philemon was in great surprise, And hardly could believe his eyes.
		Philemon, having paused a while, Return'd them thanks in homely style; Then said, "My house is grown so fine, Methinks, I still would call it mine.
	www.swiftsociety.com /docs/poems1.txt (13220 words)

	Philemon et Baucis (Philemon and Baucis) (Charles-Francois Gounod) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Philemon et Baucis (Philemon and Baucis) (Charles-Francois Gounod)
		The old Philemon and Baucis are restored to youth by Jupiter, grateful for their hospitality, something their neighbours have not shown.
		Jupiter then falls in love with the young Baucis, who solves this difficulty by requesting and receiving old age again.
	www.naxos.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Philemon_et_Baucis(Philemon_and_Baucis)(Charles-Francois_Gounod).htm (107 words)

	Tales of Lovers
		Baucis and Philemon were awe-struck that their guests were divine.
		The whole town was destroyed and only the cottage of Baucis and Philemon remain untouched.
		Baucis and Philemon lived the rest of their lives, tending the temple, the moment when they were to die, the gods was gradually transforming them into trees.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/lovers.html#Pyramus (6691 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12), by Various
		Now Baucis was perfectly sure that the pitcher was empty, and in order to show Mercury that there was not another drop in it, she held it upside down over his bowl.
		Philemon and his wife turned towards the valley, where at sunset only the day before they had seen the trees and gardens, and the houses, and the streets with the children playing in them.
		So Philemon and Baucis returned to the cottage, and to every traveler who passed that way they offered a drink of milk from the wonderful pitcher, and if the guest was a kind, gentle soul, he found the milk the sweetest and most refreshing he had ever tasted.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/15202/15202-h/15202-h.htm (20116 words)

	CliffsNotes::Mythology:Book Summary and Study Guide
		The only couple that took the gods in was Baucis and Philemon, an elderly pair in very modest circumstances.
		The wine cups mysteriously were refilled, and Baucis and Philemon knew they were in the presence of divinity then.
		Baucis and Philemon did so, accompanied by Jupiter and Mercury, and soon a flood swamped the countryside.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-83,pageNum-92.html (301 words)

	Baucis and Philemon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lelex interrupts the discussion, presenting the story of Baucis and Philemon, relating the rustic beauty of the foothills of Phrygia where once Pittheus reigned.
		One after another, the local inhabitants turned him away until he came to the hut of Baucis and Philemon.
		They had but little, but what little they had was theirs: a goat or two, the cheese thereof and smoked sausages hung from the rafters of the roof of the one-room dwelling.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/16568/111663 (441 words)

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