Pelikan Limited Edition Hercules M1102 Fountain Pens

Hercules, or Roman "Hercules", really is the most famous and complex figure of classical Greek mythology. He was the first hero to be worshipped not only in the Mediterranean countries, but far beyond.
His impressive "twelve labors" symbloize the epic sojourn of the prehistoric hero. Hercules was considered the helper of ,man in times when hunting and breeding were man's most vital duties. Related to the sun, the sign of strength, he tamed wild beasts and the seemingly uncontrollable natural forces. Hercules is the hero of virtuous strength and special genius. He is attributed with cultural development and he established social as well as moral order. Through all the centuries when agriculture was man's most important economic activity, Hercules was considered the patron of crops and the deity of water, the prerequisite of all forms of life. In historic times, he also became the primogenitor of royal houses, the founder of cities and the first Olympic Games. It was Hercules who chose and designated the sacred precinct of Olympia and establised the Games as a celebration in memory of his father. In all their sport stadiums, called "gymnasium". The Greek built statues to honor him, besides Hermes and Apoll, as their patron deity and master of wrestling. In all Greek mythology there is no hero, not even a deity, who is the subject of so many traditions.
According to the most widley known myth in ancient Greece, Hercules was born an grew up in Thebes. He spent his more mature years, which were also the more arduous ones, in Argos. His birth was the fruit of the deceitful union of Zeus with Alcmene. When Hera realized she was tricked into breastfeeding Hercules, she quickly pulled the child away from her bosom. Her milk was split and splattered the heavens, forming the Milky Way.
Destined by his father to achieve great things, Hercules even as an infant already demonstrated his super human powers when he strangled with his bare hands the two terrible snakes Hera had sent to his cradle.

Fabulous teachers taught him science and the fine arts. He cam of age hunting and performing heroic tasks on Mount Cithareon. He left Thebes when the Delphi oracle commanded him for twelve years into the services of Eurystheus, King of Tiryns, who each year imposed on Hercules a virtually impossible labor. During that time, Hercules accomplished the "twelve labors", which were and still are the most famous of his adventures.

His first labor was to catch and kill the Nemean Lion. Ever since, Hercules wore the skin of the Nemean Lion for the coat. It made him forever invulnerable. This invulnerability was vital and fateful for the life of the greatest classical hero. The day Hercules dies, Zeus turned him into constellation. To make his fame immortal and to make known to all people on earth that he was once amongst them: Hercules - the greatest hero in Greek mythology.

Immortal design in human hands
Always a friend of man in his heroic and famous days on earth, a radiant constellation after death which is reborn to be your companion for all times: Hercules . Zeus the father of the Greek Gods, lifted him into the immortality of heaven. Today, his constellation comes down from earth, into your hands, in a fascinating manner: as the wonderful fountain pen of the new Pelikan Limited Edition. Before the many layers of the dark-blue night sky appearance with its radiating stars, the hero's belligerent face illuminates the foreground as he is stepping out of the width of space, and enchants the eye of the owner.
This piece of art, from the first moment of its completion, withstands- as did its hitorical model - mortality with its masterful form and coloring. The Pelikan Limited Edition " Hercules" pairs the soul of something special with love for perfection, to be seen in every detail of its wonderful being: In the 18 ct gold nib, which is decorated with rhodium all over, and carefully run in by a masters hand. Also in the shaft the cap and finished of the filling handle which are all framed in noble sterling silver. Other details will be discovered on second sight only: the motifs on shaft and cap were engraved on different levels. The pain was applied in several transparent blue layers in different shades of blue. The intensive coloring and the Palladium refinement, which keeps the silver from blackining, merge finely to give the Pelikan Limited Edition "Hercules" its incredibly noble finish. This masterpiece is presented in a filigree case, embossed with the Hercules logo, which also includes an exclusive ink flask.