[3391] “Men of sea complexion,” is the meaning of this Greek name. According to Marcus they dwelt between the Greater Leptis and the Lake Tritonis, at the present day called Schibkah-el-Loudeah. For a further account of the Lotophagi, see B. xiii. c. 32.
[3392] Two brothers, citizens of Carthage, who in a dispute as to their respective territories with the people of Cyrene, submitted to be buried alive in the sand, at the boundary-line between the two countries. Sallust (Jugurthine War) is the main authority for the story. It is also related by Pomponius Mela, B. i. c. 7, and Valerius Maximus, B. v. c. 6, but from the Greek name of the brothers, meaning “lovers of praise,” it is doubtful whether the story is not of spurious origin.
[3393] The Lake Tritonis mentioned in note [3391], p. 393.
[3394] Now called El Hammah, according to Shaw.
[3395] According to some accounts the goddess Pallas or Minerva was born on the banks of Lake Tritonis.
[3396] The modern Cape of Tajuni.
[3397] Now called Udina, according to Marcus.
[3398] Now called Tabersole, according to Marcus.
[3399] In the north of Byzacium, near the Bagrada and the confines of Numidia. It was the station of a Roman garrison, and considerable remains of it are still visible near the modern Zanfour.
[3400] Called Cannopissæ by Ptolemy, who places it to the east of Tabraca.