Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Philemon and Baucis, in the Greek myth were an aged couple who entertained Zeus and Hermes when, travelling through Phrygia in human i shape, they were denied admittance by all the other inhabitants. As a reward for their hospitality, their cottage was converted into a temple, in which they passed the remainder of their lives as priest and priestess, dying at exactly the same moment.