drepanum

(Δρέπανον). A sickle. (1) Also Drepăna (τὰ Δρέπανα), more rarely Drepăné (Trapani), a seaport town in the northwest corner of Sicily, founded by the Carthaginians. It was here that Anchises died, according to Vergil.

(2) Also Drepané, a town in Bithynia, the birthplace of Helena (q.v.), mother of Constantine the Great, in whose honour it was called Helenopolis and made an important place.

(3) The ancient name of Corcyra.