Phĭlaeni, ōrum (ōn), m., = Φίλαινοι,
two Carthaginian brothers , who , out of love for their country , submitted to be buried alive , Sall. J. 79, 5; Val. Max. 5, 6, ext. 4; Mel. 1, 7, 6.—Philaenōn Arae, a frontier town of Cyrene named after them , the southernmost point of the Great Syrtis , Sall. J. 19, 3; called also Philaenorum Arae, Mel. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 28.