Acroceraunium

, a promontory of Epirus, with mountains called A croc era uni a, which project between the Ionian and Adriatic seas. The word comes from ἀκρος , high , and κεραυνος , thunder ; because, on account of their great height, they were often struck with thunder. Lucretius , bk. 6 , li. 420 .— Pliny , bk. 4 , ch. 1 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 3 , li. 506 .— Strabo , bk. 6 .— Horace , bk. 1 , ode 3, li. 20 .