33+ The Pillars Of Hercules Images. My idea was to travel from one pillar to the other, the long way, with the usual improvisations en route that are required of the impulsive traveler; The pillars of hercules was the phrase that was applied in antiquity to the promontories that flank the entrance to the strait of gibraltar.
The ancient greeks believed gibraltar was on the edge of the world and to sail beyond the pillars of hercules was sure to lead to certain death.
Columnas de hércules) was the phrase that was applied in antiquity to the promontories that flank the entrance to the strait of. They are thought to be the rock of gibraltar and jebel musa in morocco. See more of pillars of hercules on facebook. Antiquitythe two promontories on either side of the eastern end of the strait of gibraltar:
