Dracus, a general of the Achæans, conquered by Mummius.
Drances, a friend of Latinus, remarkable for his weakness and eloquence. He showed himself an obstinate opponent to the violent measures which Turnus pursued against the Trojans. Some have imagined that the poet wished to delineate the character and the eloquence of Cicero under this name. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 11, li. 122.
Drangina, a province of Persia. Diodorus, bk. 17.
Drapes, a seditious Gaul, &c. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 8, ch. 30.
Drapus, a river of Noricum, which falls into the Danube near Mursa.
Drĕpăna and Drĕpănum, now Trapani, a town of [♦]Sicily near mount Eryx, in the form of a scythe, whence its name (δρεπανον, falx). Anchises died there, in his voyage to Italy with his son Æneas. The Romans under Claudius Pulcher were defeated near the coast, B.C. 249, by the Carthaginian general Adherbal. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 3, li. 707.—Cicero, Against Verres, bk. 2, ch. 57.—Ovid, Fasti, bk. 4, li. 474.——A promontory of Peloponnesus.
[♦] ‘Scily’ replaced with ‘Sicily’
Drilo, a river of Macedonia, which falls into the Adriatic at Lissus.
Drimăchus, a famous robber of Chios. When a price was set upon his head, he ordered a young man to cut it off and go and receive the money. Such an uncommon instance of generosity so pleased the Chians, that they raised a temple to his memory, and honoured him as a god. Athenæus, bk. 13.
Drinus, a small river falling into the Save and Danube.