Sacrum
τὸ ἱερὸν ἀκρωτήριον
Sacrum, PR.
1.
(τὸ ἱερὸν ἀκρωτήριον, Strab. iii. p.137), the SW. extremity of Lusitania; according to Strabo (1. c.), the most W. point, not only of Europe but of the known world; the present Cape St. Vincent. Strabo adds that the surrounding district was called in Latin Cuneus.
Strabo also says that the geographer Artemidorus, who had been there, compared the promontory with the bow of a ship, and said that there were three small islands there; which, however, are not mentioned by any other writer, nor do they now exist. (Cf. Mela, 2.1; Plin. Nat. 4.22. s. 35, &c.)
2.
(τὸ ἱερὸν, Ptol. 2.2.6) the SE. point of Hibernia, now Carnsore Point. [T.H.D]
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.