P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses 8.626–636

Lelex's tale proper begins. Two of the gods walk the land in mortal form, Iuppiter and his herald son Mercurius, and the passage settles on a single thatched cottage and the aged couple who share it, Baucis and Philemon.

 

Tier 1

Iuppiter ad hunc locum vēnit. speciēs eius mortālis erat. Mercurius quoque cum patre vēnit; ālās dēposuerat. dī mīlle domōs petīvērunt; locum quaerēbant ubi manērent.

 

mīlle domūs iānuās clausērunt. tamen ūna casa eōs recēpit. casa parva erat, ex herbīs palūstribus facta. ibi habitābant Baucis, fēmina pia, et Philemon, vir senex. erant aequā aetāte.

 

iuvenēs in illā casā coniugēs factī erant; in eādem casā senēs factī erant. pauperēs erant sed nōn dolēbant; paupertātem suam aequō animō ferēbant.

 

Baucis et Philemon servōs nōn habēbant. ipsī tōta domus erant; iīdem pārēbant et iubēbant.

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