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The Pillars of Hercules is a subcluster of star systems located entirely within the Calypso Deeps.
It is situated spinward of the Encruzilhada Subcluster and coreward-by-spinward of the Magellan Subcluster.
The Pillars of Hercules is comprised of six star systems: Charybdis, Cyclops, Ithaca, Odyssey, Scylla, and Siren.
Etymology
The name of the Pillars of Hercules is an allusion to a location in Ancient Greek mythology: the furthermost extent of the twelve labors of Hercules, the location beyond which Plato claimed the legendary island of Atlantis could be found, and a metaphor for the end of a journey or the edge of the known world. The name was shared by promontories flanking the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar on Earth.
Astrography
The Pillars of Hercules has a series of unstable translight strings between Ithaca and Scylla.