Ducato, CAPE

Ducato, CAPE (ancient Leukatê), an abrupt headland at the south-west extremity of Leukas or Santa Maura, one of the Ionian Islands, dredged by sailors for the fierce currents around it. On the summit are remains of a temple of Apollo, and from here criminals were anciently cast into the sea. Here, too, tradition fixes the scene of Sappho's fatal leap, and that of Artemisia (q.v.) of Halicarnassus.