Pillars of Heracles
Pillars of Hercules

"The Voyage of Hanno, King of the Carthaginians, to the Libyan regions of the earth, beyond the Pillars of Heracles..."

She was now returning from Albion, an isle beyond the pillars of Heracles and the gates of the great sea, where much store of tin is found; and she had rich merchandise on board.

The Greek author Herodotus (born in 484 BC) wrote that it was employed in Africa (for example, among "Libyans beyond the Pillars of Heracles"), where gold dust was used in trade.

The full title translated from Greek is The Voyage of Hanno, commander of the Carthaginians, round the parts of Libya beyond the Pillars of Heracles, which he deposited in the Temple of Kronos.

It appears in sources from Greece and the Near East starting in the middle of the first millennium BC, for example Herodotus, who describes it as beyond the Pillars of Heracles (Strait of Gibraltar).

According to a Roman tradition Odysseus did not die this way: when old he took a ship to sea and, crossing the Pillars of Heracles he discovered the estuary of the Tagus river and found there the city of Lisbon.

Gray plucked a book from the shelf, the cover dulled with time and handling, and flipped to a passage and began to read, " 'There is an island opposite the straits which you call... the Pillars of Heracles, an island larger than Libya and Asia combined.

Let me begin by observing first of all, that nine thousand was the sum of years which had elapsed since the war which was said to have taken place between those who dwelt outside the Pillars of Heracles and all who dwelt within them; this war I am going to describe.

Pillars of Hercules was the only association we could think of, and that didn't make much sense.

I deliberately didn't ask him if Pillars of Hercules meant anything.

Its boundaries were known in antiquity as the Pillars of Hercules.

Editorial meetings were often conducted at the pub next door, the Pillars of Hercules.

You must not transgress the pillars of Hercules.

True, Plato had placed it beyond the Pillars of Hercules.

I was gazing at the Pillars of Hercules, once thought to be the end of the world.

The two columns either side of the arms represent the Pillars of Hercules.

The pillars of Hercules arose from one of his twelve labours.

They were not beyond the pillars of Hercules, but Plato was right to associate the city with a strait.

Unfortunately, the presence of the twin pillars of Hercules had put a stop to that line of thought.

Compare the Pillars of Hercules at the entrance to the Mediterranean.

They also recall the Pillars of Hercules and act as symbols of imperial power.

Eight men were enough to overcome the pillars of Hercules, but not enough to withstand a hundred roused slaves.

Hamilcar had to march towards the Pillars of Hercules and transport it across the strait.

South Africa would get the coverage by land-wire down the continent from the Pillars of Hercules.

And as al- ways between them, the twin pillars of Hercules of the ancient world, the sea-lane was crowded with shipping.

These two mountains taken together have since then been known as the Pillars of Hercules, though other natural features have been associated with the name.

The eight-real piece was also called the pillar dollar from the design of the pillars of Hercules on the obverse.

It lay on the Oceanus Atlanticus, beyond the Pillars of Hercules.

The ancients considered the Pillars of Hercules the head of navigation and the end of the world.

Falkland Pillars of Hercules An organic farm shop and café with a difference.

Nothing has happened here for six thousand years, since that night when the land barrier gave way and the sea poured in through the Pillars of Hercules.

Pompey will provide crews to sail through the Pillars of Hercules and beat round Spain to meet us in the north.

These were known to the ancients as the Pillars of Hercules, and in ancient times marked the limits of the known world.