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Columns or Herculēs

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Two large pyramidal columns set up by the Phœnicians as lighthouses and landmarks, dedicated, one to Herculēs (the sun), and the other to Astartē (the moon).

By the Greeks and Romans the two pyramidal mountains at the Straits of Gibraltar (Calpē and Aby̆la), the former in Europe and the latter in Africa, were termed the Pillars of Herculēs.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Colt (A)
Colt (To)
Colt-pixy (A)
Colt’s Revolver
Colt’s-tooth
Columbine
Columbus
Columbus of the Skies (The)
Column
Column at Boulogne
Columns or Herculēs
Coma Berenices
Comazants
Comb
Comb the Cat (To)
Come and take Them
Come Ather (pron. ah-ther)
Come Down a Peg
Come Down upon One (To)
Come Home
Come it