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PILLARS OF HERCULES

PILLARS OF HERCULES
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the opposite rocks at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, one in Spain (the Rock of Gibraltar) and one in Africa (Mount Hacho). The tale is that they were bound together until Hercules tore them asunder in order to get to Gades (now Cadiz, Spain). —FPRD Glossary (approved 30-8-90)