Autololes

Autŏlŏles, um, m.,

• a Getulian people on the west coast of Africa, north and south of Mount Atlas, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9; 6, 31, 36, § 201; Luc. 4, 677; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 356; Sil. 3, 306; Sid. Carm. 5, 337.

Autololēs, um, m. (Αυτολάλαι), ein gätulisches Volk an der Westküste von Afrika, nördl. u. südl. vom Atlas, Plin. 5, 5 u. 9; 6, 201. Lucan. 4, 677. Sil. 3, 306. Claud. laud. Stil. 1, 356.

Autŏlŏles, um, m. , Plin. 5, 5 ; 6, 201, peuple de Mauritanie || -æ, ārum Sil. 13, 145.

AUTOLOLES

AUTO´LOLES or AUTOLOLAE (Αὐτολάλαι, Ptol. 4.6.17; common reading Αὐτολάται), a Gaetulian people on the W. coast of Africa, in the Libya Interioro f Ptolemy, both N. and S. of the Atlas, with a city Autolala, or Autolalae (Αὐτολάλα, Αὐτολάλαι). This city is one of Ptolemy's points of astronomical observation, having the longest day 13 1/2 hrs., being distant 3 1/2 hrs. W. of Alexandreia, and having the sun vertical once a year, at the time of the winter solstice. (Ptol. 4.6.24; 8.16.4.) Reichard takes it for the modern Agulon, or Aquilon. (Kleine Geogr. Schriften, p. 506.) All writers, except Ptolemy, call the people Autololes. (Plin. Nat. 5.1; Solin. 24; Lucan. Phars. 4.677; Sil. Ital.; Claudian. Laud. Stilich. 1.356.)

Ptolemy (Ptol. 4.6.33) mentions, in the Western Ocean, an island called Autolala, or Junonis Insula (Ἥρας ἡ καὶ Αὐτολάλα νῆσος), as distinct from the Fortunatae group. Some take it for Madeira, but this is very uncertain.

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