place
Hydruntum
Hydrus
also: Hydrus, Hydruntem, Otranto
Town (modern Otranto) on the heel of Italy in Calabria, the nearest Italian landfall from Corcyra; Cicero makes for it on his crossing of November 50 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 15.21 §2 I had by now fixed on Hydruntum
Hydruntum (modern Otranto), the heel-of-Italy port offering the shortest Adriatic crossing to Greece; Cicero had settled on it as his point of embarkation, drawn by the brief voyage.
- Ad Atticum 16.5 §3 then for Hydruntum
Hydruntum (modern Otranto), a port on the heel of Italy offering one of the shortest crossings to Greece; an alternative embarkation point if the legions blocked the usual road.
- Ad Familiares 16.9 §2 to Hydrus
Hydruntum (modern Otranto), the nearest Italian landfall on the heel of the peninsula when crossing from Corcyra.