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{{InfoboxRegion|image=[[File:PillarsOfHerculesTemp.png|center|350px]]|name=Pillars of Hercules|location=[[Calypso Deeps]]|star systems=6}} | {{InfoboxRegion|image=[[File:PillarsOfHerculesTemp.png|center|350px]]|name=Pillars of Hercules|location=[[Calypso Deeps]]|star systems=6}} | ||
The '''Pillars of Hercules''' is a subcluster of star systems located entirely within the [[Calypso Deeps | 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]]. | It is situated spinward of the [[Encruzilhada Subcluster]] and coreward-by-spinward of the [[Magellan Subcluster]]. | ||
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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.
History
Astrography
The Pillars of Hercules is known for having an series of unstable translight strings between Ithaca and Scylla.