DREPANUM (anc. geog.), the promontory Rhium in Achaia; so called because bent in the manner of a fickle.—Another Drepanum on the Arabic Gulf, on the side of Egypt. A third on the north side of Crete, situated between Cydonia and the Sinus Amphinallus. A fourth on the west side of Cyprus. A fifth, a promontory of Cyrenaica, on the Mediterranean.