Definition of Pillars of Hercules

1. Noun. The two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by Hercules.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pillars Of Hercules

Pikachus
Pike
Pike's Peak
Pilate
Pilates
Pilea
Pilea involucrata
Pilea microphylla
Pilea pumilla
Pilgrim
Pilgrim's Progress
Pilgrim Father
Pilgrims
Pilipino
Pill Hill
Pillars of Hercules (current term)
Pilosella
Pilosella aurantiaca
Pilosella officinarum
Pilsen
Pilsener
Pilsner
Piltdown hoax
Piltdown man
Piltz
Piltz sign
Pilularia
Pilularia globulifera
Pima
Pimbwe

Literary usage of Pillars of Hercules

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"... WHICH HE DEPOSITED IN THE TEMPLE OF SATURN" " It was decreed by the Carthaginians, that Hanno should undertake a voyage beyond the Pillars of Hercules, ..."

2. Historical Researches Into the Politics, Intercourse, and Trade of the by Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren (1857)
"V. The Voyage of Hanno, commander of the Carthaginians, round the parts of Libya beyond the Pillars of Hercules, which he deposited in the temple of Saturn. ..."

3. The Christian Examiner (1850)
"The work is filled with pleasant and instructive details, and will repay perusal. The Pillars of Hercules; or a Narrative of Travels in Spain and Morocco in ..."

4. The chronicle of England by John Capgrave, Francis Charles Hingeston (1864)
"When they had sojourned in this island for some days, they returned to their vessels and sailed till they came to the pillars of Hercules at the extremity ..."

5. The Story of Spain by Edward Everett Hale, Susan Hale (1886)
"The reader will remember that Gibraltar and Ceuta were the two pillars of Hercules. The symbols of these pillars still survive in the arms of Spain, ..."

6. Spain by Edward Everett Hale, Susan Hale (1907)
"... The reader will remember that Gibraltar and Ceuta were the two pillars of Hercules. The symbols cf these pillars still survive in the arms of Spain, ..."

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