Percy (SPOILER WARNING)

[davehoz]

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No: HPFGUIDX C5054
From: davehoz
Subject: Re: Percy (SPOILER WARNING)
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5037] Re: Percy (SPOILER WARNING)
Date: 7/25/00 2:29 pm  (ET)

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<< ... the famous Penelope was Odysseus's faithful wife, who waited
20 years for him to return home, herself not taking any lover while he
dallied with Circe and Calypso and all. >>

I've always liked the touch in the Kirk Douglas version of _Ulysses_ in
which Circe looks like Penelope and the Sirens speak in Penelope's voice.

<< Names being what they are in HP,
maybe Penelope has that name because she has to wait for Percy. >>

I'm afraid I'd have a hard time equating Percy with Ulysses:

Percy: I suppose we could get out of Polyphemus' cave by getting the
cyclops drunk on wine and then putting out his eye... But that would
require filling out all the appropriate Department of Magical Creatures
forms in quintuplicate and getting Mr. Crouch's signature...