[blam]

"He said the Pillars of Hercules, and that is Gibraltar, then as it is now."

...and that (ahem) is an opinion, not a fact.

[SunkenCiv]

It's not an opinion, it's a fact. Plato uses that very geographic landmark in his text. And Herodotus also refers to the Pillars of Hercules in such a way that it can only refer to Gibraltar -- and so do all other ancient sources which mention the Pillars of Hercules. Saying that Plato's "Pillars of Hercules" refers to some place off SE Asia is a matter of opinion. :')

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George W. Bush will win reelection by a margin of at least ten per cent

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