Why Pillar of Hercules?

Many of my friends have been asking me about the name Pillar of Hercules. No specific meaning or reason should be attached here. As i was growing up i had taken a liking for Greek and Roman mythologies and would always look for stories to read on these two great mythologies. Later on in college i opted for English literature as my major, and had to study the Iliad and Odyssey as my major subjects. Hercules / Heracles was my first hero while i was a kid and that is why i opted for this name for the blog.

The two mountains at the entrance of modern day Gibraltar are named as the Pillars of Hercules and they were created by Hercules to guard the straits of Gibraltar from the monsters who would have otherwise entered the Mediteranean. These pillars were also used to indicate the entrance to the rest of the world by the Spanish, as a gateway to the new Spanish overseas colonies in the Americas. It seems that the Spanish coat of arms also bore the images of the Pillars of Hercules. Additionally the cover page of Sir Francis Bacon's Instauratio Magna ( Great renewal) bears the image of the Pillars of Hercules and the motto at the bottom of the page when translated into english means MANY WILL PASS THROUGH, AND KNOWLEDGE WILL BE THE GREATER.

Pillars of Hercules denotes both the entrance and the exit..........Therefore what i write here could be an entry for new thoughts, or an exit for old and outdated ones.........You readers and visitors please decide and let me know through your comments.