Amphinŏmus

and Anapius , two brothers, who, when Catana and the neighbouring cities were in flames, by an eruption from mount Ætna, saved their parents upon their shoulders. The fire, as it is said, spared them while it consumed others by their side; and Pluto, to reward their uncommon piety, placed them after death in the island of Leuce, and they received divine honours in Sicily. Valerius Maximus , bk. 5 , ch. 4 .— Strabo , bk. 6 .— Silius Italic us , bk. 14 , li. 197 .— Seneca , de Benefic i is .