It was dark when two mysterious, shrouded figures appeared in a hillside village. The strangers knocked on every door in town, asking for food and shelter. But, again and again, they were turned away. Soon, there was just one door left: that of a small, thatched shack. Would the owners help the visitors — or spurn them? Iseult Gillespie shares the myth of Baucis and Philemon. [Directed by Vitalii Nebelskyi, and action creative agency, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Stephen LaRosa].

Iseult Gillespie: The myth of Zeus' test

The myth of Zeus' test

Their final wish granted, Baucis and Philemon live out their days tending the temple, dying together as intertwined trees.

True xenia triumphs as a humble couple’s kindness to gods in disguise spares them from divine wrath, transforming their fate.

From humble abode to sacred temple, an elderly couple’s unwavering hospitality to strangers reveals divine guests, reshaping their destiny.