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DBEPANUM. bariA Insnia. It is mentioDed by Zonaras (riii. 161) under the name of IIcAfi&s vriaos, [£. H. B.] DRETANUM (rh Apiwayoif tucpov, Ptol. iv. 5. I 14), a promontoiy on the eastern const of Egypt forming one bonndary of the Bay of Heroopolis or N.W. branch of the Red Sea. lliere is, however, some difference in the statement of the ancient geo- graphers with regard to its position. Ptolemy de- scribes it, as above, in abont lat 28^ N.; if so, Dre- pannm was exactly opposite to the S. extremity of the Rocky Arabia, whereas Pliny (N. H. vi. 29. § 34) brings it nearly six degrees farther to S., between Myos-Hormoe and Berenice, or lat 22^ N. Drepannm, like other simikrly named headlands, derived its appellation firom its semicircnlar form, — a reaping- hook. It was a projection of the limestone anil hornblende hill-bairier of the Delta and Heptanomis to the E. The seaward terminatim of the modem mountain EUGarib probably represents this ancient foreland. [W.B.D.] DRETANUM (rh^hnatov &Kpop)ftL promontory on the NW. coast of Crete, which Ptolemy (in. 1 7. § 7) describes as following the headlands Gorycus PaAcuH and Gtamum. There has been some dif- ficnlty in fixing the position, as there is no other ancient aathority than this intimation of Ptolemy. Hock (JTreto, vol i. p. 385) has placed it at the modem AkroUri, bat is in error, as there can be no donbt but that it is represented by the headland of Dhripano farther to the W. (Pashley, Trav. vol. i. p. 45.) [E. B. J.] DREPSA f Bactriaka, p. 365, C] DBE'SIA (Apccrfa: Eth, Apccric^t), called a city of Phrygia by Steph. B. («. v.), who quotes the third book of the Bnuctrica of Dionysius, Boi^cioy Ape- ffirfv Tf icol ot fifiKoiH^a yuav, Nonnus, in his JHomftiaoa, mentions it yrith the Obrimns, a branch of the Maeander. [Mabandkr.] [6. L.] DRICCA, a river of Dacia which Jornandes (de Reb. Get 34) places near the Tysia (comp. Geog. Rav.), but which, in the absence of further informa- tion, it is difficult to identify. [E. B. J.] DRILAE (ApZXm), " a village in Pontus, not fax fnrni Trapezus, as Xenophon says in the fifth book of the Anabant/' (Steph. B. s, v.) Xenophon (^Anab.Y. 2. § 14), with his men, made an incursion into the oonntiy of the Drilae, which was moan> tainooB and difficult of access. The Drilae were, he says, the most warlike people on the Pontos. They are mentioned by Arrian in his Periplui (p. 11), where the name is written Drillae. In the MSS. of Stephanas it b Drylae (Api^Acu); bat this is pro- bably a copyisfs error. [G. L.J DBILO (ApIX^Mf, Ptol. ii. 16. § 5 ; PUn. iil 22; Theophrast. J7.P. ix. 7 ; Nicand. Fluv, 607 : Drin)^ a river of Illyricum which was navigable as fw as the territory of the Dardanil. (Strab. viL p. 316.) Vibius Sequester (^Flun* 9 ; comp. Anna Comn. p. 371), who gives it the name of Drinius, is right in stating that its soarces are to be found in the Lake Lychnitis. The Black Drin is the outlet for Lake Okridka, and is joined by the White Drin at Schei- tan Kopru; the united waters dischaxge themselves into the sea at Lissus (^LescK). (Leake, Northera Greece, vol. i. p. 77, vol. iii. p. 477.) [E. B. J.] DRINUS (ApciKos: Drina a tributary of the Savus (iStztt), has its sources on mount Scordus, whence it flows in a northern direction, forming the frontier between Illyricum and Moesia, and fiills into the Dravus a little to the vrest of Sirmium. (Ptol. iL 17. § 7.) [L. S.] DRYASNA. 789 DRIUM. [Gabganus.] DROMISCUS, an island which PUny (ii. 89) mentions with Peme as having been joined to Mile- tus, by the alluvium of the Maeander, we may suppose. The name does not appear to occur else- where. [G. L.] DROMOS AOHILLIS. [Achilleos Dromos.] DRCPICI. [Persis.] DRUBETIS (Apot«^>vy«, Ptol. iii. 8. § 10), the first station (PeuL Toi.) on the Roman road which ran from Egeta in a NW. durection to Apala in Dacia. It has been identified with Drivicza. (Ka- tanchsich, Orb. Ant vol. L p. 379.) [E. B. J.] DRUE'NTIA.(6 Apowvrias, 6 Apovitnios : Dw- ranee). Ausonius (Id. x. MoseUa, v. 479) makes the name feminine. Silius Italicus (iii. 478) makes it masculine : — " Turbidus hie tmncis saxisque Draentia lactam Ductoris vexavit iter; namque Alpibus ortus, Avulsas omos et adesi fragmina montis Gum sonita volvens, ferturlatrantibus undis,"&c. Strabo (p. 203) says of the Dmentia: " Above, in oertam hollow places, a great lake is formed, and there are two springs not far from one another, from one of which flows the Draentias, a torrent river, which has a rapid descent to the Rhodanus; and the Durias runs in the opposite direction, for it joins the Padus, flowing down through the country of the Salassi into Celtics south of the Alps." Strabo is mistaken about this Durias or Doria Minor (Ia2>orta Riparia), for it is the other Doria which flows through the country of the Salassi. Two streams rise on Mont Genevre near one another; one is the Durance^ and the other is the Doria. The Durance is joined by a larger stream called La Claire, The river flows from Brian^onj with a general southern course, past Embnm and Sitteron, as &r as the junction of the Verdon. It then forms a curve, and runs W. by N. past CavaiUon (Gabellio), and jgins the Rhone a little below Avignon. The lower part of the course is full of small islands. It is a rapid river, and subject to inundations. Though not navi- gable, it is used for floating timber down. Silius Italicus has well described thk turbulent river. It has been inferred from an expression in the Notitia Imp., where a '* Praefectus Classis Barcariorom Ebruduni Sapaodiae'* is mentioned, and from an inscription in Gruter (pp. 413, 414), where " Patronus Nautamm Draentiooram et Utridariomm " is mentioned, that the river was navigated in the time of the later empire. Bat the navigation could not be more than a boat navigation, and for a short distance. Aa to the Utricularii, see Cabsluo. Livy (xxL 31) mentions the Draentia, and Pliny (iiL 4) as a rapid river. [G. L.] DRUNA (Drome), a river of Gallia Narbonensis, which joins the Rhone on the left bank below Ko- lence, and gives name to the department of Drome, Aosonins (Id, x. Mo$eUa, v. 479) mentions the Dmna: — " Te Dmna, te sparsis inoerta Draentia ripis Alpinique colent fluviL" [G. L.] DRtrsIPARA, DRUZIPARA, DRUZIPERA (Apoutf-dro^ Api^wa^i), a town in Thrace, situated somewhere on the river Melas, but its exact site is unknown. (PtoL iii. 11. §13; It. Ant 230; Geogr. Rav. iv, 6 ; Suid. t. v. ApiQirafwi). [L. S.] DRYAENA (Apdwra: Eth, ApucuWrns). Steph. B. («. V.) mentions it as a dty of Cilida, afterwards called Ghrysopolis; and in another pUuie (<.f. 3b 3