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Pillars of Hercules (Place) - Source Library Encyclopedia

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Pillars of Hercules

Also known as: Columnae Herculis, Columns of Hercules

13 books·158 total mentions

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The ancient name for the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, symbolizing the limits of the known world.

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Appears in 14 Books

Complete Works of Plato, translated by Marsilio Ficino (1518)

Plato; Ficino, Marsilio (translator)

p. 436 p. 437 p. 438 p. 439 p. 440 p. 441 p. 595 p. 596 p. 597 p. 598+2 more pages

Divine Comedy with Landino Commentary (1487 Incunabulum)

Dante Alighieri; Landino, Christophoro (commentator)

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Opera Omnia (Complete Works)

Plato (Ficino translation)

p. 363 p. 364 p. 365 p. 366 p. 367 p. 491 p. 492 p. 493 p. 494 p. 495+11 more pages

Plato: Complete Works (Ficino Translation)

Plato; trans. Marsilio Ficino

p. 428 p. 429 p. 430 p. 555 p. 556 p. 557

Landino: Dante Commentary (1481 Florence)

Cristoforo Landino

p. 277 p. 278 p. 279 p. 280 p. 281 p. 282 p. 283 p. 284 p. 285 p. 286+4 more pages

Petrarch: Sonnets with Commentary (1519)

Francesco Petrarca

p. 84 p. 85 p. 86 p. 87 p. 88 p. 89 p. 90 p. 91

Origen Philocalia (Greek)

Origen / Gulielmus Spencerus (ed.)

p. 361 p. 362 p. 363 p. 364 p. 365 p. 366 p. 367 p. 368

Plotini Opera Omnia cum Ficini commentariis

Plotinus; Marsilio Ficino (trans.)

p. 402 p. 403 p. 404 p. 405 p. 406 p. 407 p. 408

Conciliator Differentiarum Philosophorum et Medicorum

Pietro d'Abano

p. 272 p. 273 p. 274 p. 275 p. 276 p. 277 p. 278 p. 279 p. 280 p. 281

Sylva Sylvarum (1631 English edition)

Bacon, Francis

p. 95 p. 96 p. 97 p. 98 p. 99 p. 100 p. 101 p. 102 p. 103 p. 104+4 more pages

De Secretis Mulierum et De Virtutibus Herbarum

Pseudo-Albertus Magnus

p. 164 p. 165 p. 166 p. 167 p. 168 p. 169 p. 170 p. 171 p. 172 p. 173+6 more pages

On the secrets of women. On the virtues of herbs, stones, and animals. On the wonders of the world. On falcons, goshawks, and hawks.

Albertus Magnus

p. 138 p. 139 p. 140 p. 141 p. 142 p. 143 p. 144 p. 145 p. 146 p. 147+10 more pages

Timaeus (Greek text with commentary)

Plato (ed. R.D. Archer-Hind)

p. 86 p. 87 p. 88 p. 89 p. 90 p. 91 p. 92 p. 93 p. 94 p. 95+1 more pages

Works vol. 1 (Epistles, translations)

Poliziano, Angelo

p. 436 p. 437 p. 438 p. 439

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