Lōtŏphăgi, ōrum [Gr. gen. Lotophagōn, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 20], m., = Λωτοφάγοι (lotus-eaters),
an African people on the Lesser Syrtis, to whom fable ascribes great hospitality , Mel. 1, 7, 5; Ov. R. Am. 789; Verg. Cul. 124; Sil. 3, 310; Amm. 14, 6, 21.
LOTO´PHAGI(Λωτοφάγοι, i. e. lotus-eaters), a people on the N. coast of Africa, between the Syrtes, w...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
·noun ·pl A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. ·see Lotus (b)...
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