. Gibraltar and its sieges, with a description of its natural features . THE PILLARS OF HERCULES. 117 sets behind these imposing promontories, dippingbelow the rim of ocean as if to disappear forever ! The first Greek author who mentions the famousPillars is the poet Pindar. He speaks of them asthe point to which the renown of his heroes ex-tended, beyond which no mortal, whether wiseor foolish, could advance. As thus in his SrdOlympic :— As waters vital stream all things surpass, As golds all-worshipped oreHolds amid fortunes stores the highest class; So to that distant shore,To where the jji
. Gibraltar and its sieges, with a description of its natural features . THE PILLARS OF HERCULES. 117 sets behind these imposing promontories, dippingbelow the rim of ocean as if to disappear forever ! The first Greek author who mentions the famousPillars is the poet Pindar. He speaks of them asthe point to which the renown of his heroes ex-tended, beyond which no mortal, whether wiseor foolish, could advance. As thus in his SrdOlympic :— As waters vital stream all things surpass, As golds all-worshipped oreHolds amid fortunes stores the highest class; So to that distant shore,To where the jjillars of Alcides rise. Fames utmost boundaries,Theron, pursuing his successful way, Hath deckt with glorys brightest rayHis lineal virtues. Fai-ther to attain,Wise and unwise, with me despair, th attempt were vain. In the time of Herodotus they formed a perfectlyfamiliar position; and they did not long remain thene iilus ultra of human enterprise, the Phoenicianmariners sailing far beyond them, and reaching thecoast of Britain. Even in the days of Strabo, how-ever,
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