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Originally posted by MarkEvans@Jul 16 2004, 12:25 PM
I also found this information about the Laws and Draco:
"After the Dark Ages - About 1200-900 BC - and beginning at about 900 BC, the Ancient Greeks had no official laws or punishments.
Murders were settled by members of the victim's family, who would then go and kill the murderer.
This often began endless blood feuds.
It was not until the middle of the seventh century BC that the Greeks first began to establish official laws.
Around 620 BC Draco, the lawgiver, set down the first known written law of Ancient Greece. These laws were so harsh that his name gave rise to our English word "Daconian" meaning an unreasonably harsh law."
I hope you find this as interesting as I did.
BTW, read the rest of the article here. |
i found this information to be very interesting and informative. Someone who rely like harry potter books takes the time to do this i think it should be commended
thank you mark for posting this it answers alot of questions as to why draco is the way he is.
I think it also shows that Ms. Rowling did alot of research to arrive at a fitting name for all the characters
how interesting