Daunia

, a name given to the northern parts of Apulia, on the coast of the Adriatic. It receives its name from Daunus, who settled there, and is now called Capitan at a . Virgil , Æneid , bk. 8 , li. 146 .— Silius Italic us , bk. 9 , li. 500 ; bk. 12 , li. 429 .— Horace , bk. 4 , ode 6, li. 27 .――Juturna, the sister of Turnus, was called Daunia , after she had been made a godde by Jupiter. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 12 , lis. 139 & 785.