. [Pythtus.] Philinus (*i\iVor). 1. A Greek of Agrigen-tum, accompanied Hannibal in his campaignsagainst Rome, and wrote a history of the Punicwars, in which he exhibited much partialitytowards Carthage (Nep. Sann. 13; Pol. i. 14,iii. 26).—2. An Attic orator, a contemporary ofDemosthenes and Lycurgus. He is mentionedby Demosthenes in his oration against Midias,who calls him the son of Nicostratus, and saysthat he was trierareh with him (Dem. Meid. , § 161). Three orations of Philinus arementioned by the grammarians
. [Pythtus.] Philinus (*i\iVor). 1. A Greek of Agrigen-tum, accompanied Hannibal in his campaignsagainst Rome, and wrote a history of the Punicwars, in which he exhibited much partialitytowards Carthage (Nep. Sann. 13; Pol. i. 14,iii. 26).—2. An Attic orator, a contemporary ofDemosthenes and Lycurgus. He is mentionedby Demosthenes in his oration against Midias,who calls him the son of Nicostratus, and saysthat he was trierareh with him (Dem. Meid. , § 161). Three orations of Philinus arementioned by the grammarians (Harpocrat. s. v.).—3. A Greek physician, born in the island ofCos, and the reputed founder of the sect ofthe Empirici, probably lived in the third cen-tury He wrote a work on part of theHippocratic collection, and also one on botany. Philippi ((Ai7T7rei;j, 4>i\(7T7rij(Tioj,<&i\LTrirriv6s : Filibali or Felibejik), a celebratedcity in Macedonia Adjecta [see p. 512, b], wassituated on a steep height of Mt. Pangaeus, and. Coin of Philippi (4th cent. ).Obv., head of Heracles in lion-skin ; at., i , tripod,and palm above it. on the river Gangas or Gangites, between therivers Nestus and Strymon. It was founded byPhilip on the site of an ancient town Crenides(KpijeiSer), a colony of the Thasians, whosettled here on account of the valuable goldmines in the neighbourhood. (Strab. p. 331;App. iv. 105, 107.) Philippi is celebratedin history in consequence of the victory gainedhere by Octavianus and Antony over Brutusand Cassius, 42, and as the place wherethe Apostle Paul first preached in Europe, [For its importance in the history of theChurch, see Diet, of the Bible.] It was made aRoman colony by Octavianus after the victoryover Brutus and Cassius, under the name of| Col. Augusta Julia Phiuppentis J and it was[ under the empire a flourishing city (Dio Cass,li. I ; iii. 600). Its seaport was Datumor Datus on the Strymonic gulf. Philippid
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