{"product_id":"the-deep","title":"The Deep","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Greeks called him Earth-Shaker, and it was not a compliment. It was a warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe drove the trident into the ground and the ground moved. Not a metaphor — that is what the Greeks believed an earthquake was, and they had plenty of them. Whole cities went down in a morning. Helike sank into the gulf overnight in 373 BC and the Greeks knew exactly who had done it, because that city had turned away his suppliants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt sea he was worse. He struck the water and raised it. He struck it again and it lay flat. Homer describes him crossing the Aegean in three strides, the sea parting under him, the fish coming up out of the deep because they knew who was passing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZeus had the sky and Hades had the dead, and the middle brother took the water and the ground — everything a man actually stands on, and everything he has to cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou do not appease that. You respect it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoured solid in a single piece, the shaft left rough. The outer tines curve back into barbs, the way a working spear does, and the center prong runs longer than the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree strides, and the sea got out of the way.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid .999 fine silver, hand poured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e49mm tall × 16mm wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-oxidized recesses, polished high points\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4mm black braided leather cord, 22\", gunmetal magnetic barrel clasp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned Certificate of Authenticity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoured and finished in Northfield, Vermont\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorn for a lifetime. Passed to the next.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vancroft \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280366055645,"sku":"VC-OG-DEEP-999","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0838\/3774\/7421\/files\/tirdent_hammered_product_photo.png?v=1785385829","url":"https:\/\/www.vancroftco.com\/products\/the-deep","provider":"Vancroft\u0026Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}