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The Count

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Thanks Erin... Just like to keep track of chapter titles while reading a good story.
And regarding those opening quotes... Isn't that first one from the Odyssey, when twin black rams are offered up to Hades and Persephone to help the sailers find their way back home to Ithica?
 

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No...Homer was the one responsible for the Iliad and the Odyssey. The line from Aeschylus comes from The Libation Bearers, part of the saga of Orestes and Electra and their parents.

It's only appropriate, since many elements of the Potter stories have roots in Greek mythology and drama.
 

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Yeah... *Ruminates. Just the first thing I thought of from my extensive literary knowledge when first listening to the opening quotes.
Almost finished...
 

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I'm completely out of the loop, too! I never seen or read, or watched anything about the series either.

At any rate, artistic integrity doesn't seem like it exist anymore. It so true, you know?
 
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