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Gates of Hercules
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Proper noun
p Gates of Hercules 1
The two rocky eminences on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar.
en 1968 Joseph Campbell The Hero with a Thousand Faces 1993 London Fontana Press 2nd 14 The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves.