DREPANUM, in Ancient Geography, the promontory Rhium in Achaia; so called because bent in the manner of a sickle. 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 Amphimallus. A fourth on the west side of Cyprus. A fifth, a promontory of Cyrenaica, on the Mediterranean.