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  2. Severus Snape - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Hand from The Washington Post wrote, "The much-maligned loner Snape does not come onstage until the latter part of "Deathly Hallows," but when he does the book becomes his: Snape's fate, more than Voldemort's, perhaps more even than Harry's, is the most heartbreaking, surprising and satisfying of all of Rowling's achievements." [2]

  3. Patronus - Wikipedia

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    Patronus may refer to: The patronus (Latin) or patron in ancient Roman society; see Patronage in ancient Rome The apparition produced by the Patronus Charm in Harry Potter

  4. Your favorite 'Harry Potter' Patronuses revealed - AOL

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    Straight out of Greek mythology, the phoenix is a legendary firebird that dies in a burst of flames and is reborn from its ashes. ... Severus Snape: Doe Snape's Patronus takes after Lily Potter's ...

  5. Patronage in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Patronage (clientela) was the distinctive relationship in ancient Roman society between the patronus ('patron') and their cliens ('client'). Apart from the patron-client relationship between individuals, there were also client kingdoms and tribes, whose rulers were in a subordinate relationship to the Roman state.

  6. Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation) - Wikipedia

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    The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional organisation in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling.Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to the fifth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

  7. Greek city-state patron gods - Wikipedia

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    19th century engraving of the Colossus of Rhodes. Ancient Greek literary sources claim that among the many deities worshipped by a typical Greek city-state (sing. polis, pl. poleis), one consistently held unique status as founding patron and protector of the polis, its citizens, governance and territories, as evidenced by the city's founding myth, and by high levels of investment in the deity ...

  8. Caduceus - Wikipedia

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    A Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BCE (Museo Pio-Clementino, Rome) The caduceus (☤; / k ə ˈ dj uː ʃ ə s,-s i ə s /; Latin: cādūceus, from Ancient Greek: κηρύκειον kērū́keion "herald's wand, or staff") [b] is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology and consequently by Hermes Trismegistus in

  9. Every Severus Snape flashback has been spliced together and ...

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    Severus Snape was one of the most beloved fictional characters in book and movie history. Done. In the beginning of both the books and subsequently the movies, you probably thought of him as a ...