Philaeni

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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