This story very much resembles that of the "Pillars of Hercules," called the "_Gates of Cadiz_."[70:2] Count de Volney tells us that: "Hercules was represented naked, carrying on his shoulders _two columns_ called the Gates of Cadiz."[70:3] "The _Pillars_ of Hercules" was the name given by the ancients to the two rocks forming the entrance or _gate_ to the Mediterranean at the Strait of Gibraltar.[70:4] Their erection was ascribed by the Greeks to Hercules, on the occasion of his journey to the kingdom of Geryon. According to one version of the story, they had been united, but Hercules tore them asunder.[70:5] [Illustration: Fig. No. 3.] Fig. No. 3 is a representation of Hercules with the two posts or pillars on his shoulders, as alluded to by Count de Volney. We have taken it from Montfaucon's "L'Antiquité Expliquée."[70:6] J. P. Lundy says of this: "Hercules carrying his two columns to erect at the Straits of Gibraltar, may have some reference to the Hebrew story."[71:1] We think there is no doubt of it. By changing the name Hercules into Samson, the legend is complete. Sir William Drummond tells us, in his "Œdipus Judaicus," that: "_Gaza_ signifies a Goat, and was the type of the Sun in Capricorn. The _Gates of the Sun_ were feigned by the ancient Astronomers to be in Capricorn and Cancer (that is, in _Gaza_), from which signs the tropics are named. Samson carried away the gates from Gaza to Hebron, the city of conjunction. Now, Count Gebelin tells us that at Cadiz, where Hercules was anciently worshiped, there was a representation of him, _with a gate on his shoulders_."[71:2] The stories of the amours of Samson with Delilah and other females, are simply counterparts of those of Hercules with Omphale and Iole. Montfaucon, speaking of this, says: "Nothing is better known in the fables (related of Hercules) than his amours with Omphale and Iole."[71:3] Prof. Steinthal says: "The circumstance that Samson is so addicted to sexual pleasure, has its origin in the remembrance that the _Solar god_ is the god of fruitfulness and procreation. We have as examples, the amours of Hercules and Omphale; Ninyas, in Assyria, with Semiramis; Samson, in Philistia, with Delila, whilst among the Phenicians, Melkart pursues Dido-Anna."[71:4] Samson is said to have had long hair. "There hath not come a razor upon my head," says he, "for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb." Now, strange as it may appear, Hercules is said to have had long hair also, and he was often represented that way. In Montfaucon's "L'Antiquité Expliquée"[71:5] may be seen a representation of Hercules _with hair reaching almost to his waist_. Almost all _Sun_-gods are represented thus.[71:6] Prof. Goldzhier says: