10-01-2007, 05:33 AM
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 Re: Hello I Am Haroula A New Member
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Originally Posted by xaroula  Many things that Rowling has wrote come from Greek myths. For example: - the Hippogriff(ippos means horse in greek),
- phoenix is a bird of greek mythology too.
- Sivilla(forgive me if it's not right) means seeress in greek.
- I thing that Trelloni comes from treli, who means crazy.
- Hermione is a purely greek name
- and diagon too.
- If I 'll try to tell you all the greek words that Rowling uses, I 'll never finish and I'm proud of that!!
| COOL ...I LOVE Greek Mythology . I am re-reading a book of greek tragedies... Promethesus to be exact. Looking forward to hearing more from you. Shirlii  |