Ptolemy/Flamel/Protecting Harry

[Peter and Denise Clements]

No: HPFGUIDX 40947

 

Bboy_mn wrote: 

>What did Ptolemy ever do that was so great that
>we accept him as a wizard without question? Nothing as far as I know. 

Extract from website http://www.seds.org/billa/psc/theman.html 

Ptolemy (aka Claudius Ptolemaeus, Ptolomaeus, Klaudios Ptolemaios, Ptolemeus) lived in Alexandria (in Egypt) from approx. 87 -150 AD. Very little is known about his personal life. He was an astronomer, mathemetician and geographer. He codified the Greek geocentric view of the universe, and rationalized the apparent motions of the planets as they were known in his time. He believed the planets and sun to orbit the Earth in the order Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn . This system became known as the Ptolemaic system. 

Now me: 

 I, for one, had never heard of Nicholas Flamel and didn't realise that he was a real person. 

Bboy_mn wrote:

>Where
>the hell is everybody else? The point being, who is helping Harry?
>They know Voldemort is obsessed with Harry, so where is the army of
>powerful wizards guarding Harry; if for no other reason than to use
>him as bait to capture Voldemort? 

Now me:

1. Dumbledore (the only wizard who Voldemort and his followers fear) has put 4 Privet Drive under protection so that Harry cannot be harmed. Harry is also protected (to a degree) at Hogwarts and is surrounded by people and articles that will come to his aid. Dumbledore also has alot of supporters within the community and is calling on them at the end of GoF to assist in the war against V. 

2. At the moment we have a great portion of the wizarding world in denial. Even Fudge doesn't want to believe that Voldemort is on the rise (GoF) 

So it isn't that they're sitting back doing *nothing* it's more to the point that they don't want to believe that anything is happening.

Denise
PS. Sorry this is late



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