Harry Potter & Classics | The Philosopher's Stone

[@OpheliaVert]

I cannot express how much I love this video. This is so great. Oh my goodness. Thank you, Jean!

[@OpheliaVert]

Also you just glow when you talk about classics! It's the loveliest thing.

[@JeansThoughts]

Oh thank you so much

[@BetweenLinesAndLife]

This was incredibly interesting! Can't wait for the other parts of the series

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

This. Is. Amazing. You should be so proud of yourself Jean, everything about this is perfect! Can't wait for more! Xxx

[@JeansThoughts]

+Lauren And The Books you are the sweetest!!! And from the you the no.1 Harry Potter fan that is a big compliment so I shall take it aha xxxxx

[@stelllaloo]

This is so interesting! I would love to take a class if you ever become a professor, I would never be bored. I think you have a natural teaching voice that gives you information but isn't boring and keeps you entertained throughout :)

[@jackiesliterarycorner]

I love when people dig deeper into the story and look at things like the inspirations for a story.

[@elviradalfino5574]

I don't know if in USA or UK there are some of that, but here in Italy we got high schools where u can choose what address u're more orientated to and we have 3 schools where in 2 of them we study latin in the day time (scienze umane and scientifico) and a school, orientated specifically on classics, where we study in the daytime latin and ancient greek along with their literature (classico).

[@LanLan1920]

Oh will definitely come back to watch this after I re-read the Philosopher's Stone (for the first time in over 10 years!) as I have forgotten a lot of characters and details ^.^

[@oprazerdaliteratura8856]

That is so nice hearing you speaking the title in Anciet Greek! I am loving the series, keep up the great job! You are the best!

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha thank goodness there are no Ancient Greeks left to correct my pronunciation :)

[@sopheyrac1204]

Starting my classics degree in two weeks time and just joined the classics society and the Harry Potter society, so this video is perfect!

[@vivrelivre]

This is your best video! I'm completely hooked and can't wait for the next installment of this series. Great work, Jean! I can't imagine how much you must have researched and analized. I love how you keep innovating to keep your channel fresh and unique! Thank you so much for this!

[@natassa9297]

This is so great!! Harry Potter and classics? My two favorite things combined? This series is going to be so interesting and I cannot wait to see more!

[@stardust5379]

You never cease to amaze me with your enthusiasm for the Classics. Your videos are inspirational. I am about to study for a foundation history degree at Sheffield uni. and I hope to be as good a scholar as you are.

[@zezeest.9744]

Jean, this is great! I enjoyed watching this and learning of ancient history/classical references that I wasn't aware of as I read, like Severus Snape and Draco, who once you mentioned it I quickly thought of draconian and was like Ohhh...yeeaaa. Lol! Totally loved this. I'll tune in for the next one.

[@TheReadersAthenaeum]

Absolutely fascinating! I really liked that you went into detail about the story behind the namesake of each of the characters. I'm really looking forward to seeing the other videos in this series! :D

[@Chanelette]

This was bloody amazing and you've inspired me to read up more about Greek mythology! I remember how much I loved memorising all the Greek gods and goddesses at school. This was so interesting, Jean!

[@CuriousReader]

This is such a great idea, I really enjoyed this first video! Just hearing you mentioning Diana and Artemis made me realize how much mythology must be in Sailor Moon - those being the names of two of the the cat characters in it. I really must read some of these Greek myths, seems to be a lot of killing/death going on! Looking forward to more videos in the series!

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha I've never seen it but I like that the cats have the name of the same goddess just one the GReek version the other the Roman. Glad you enjoyed the video! I'd definitely recommend reading the orginals ^_^

[@jesskathan]

What a fabulous video!! Thank you! I really enjoyed learning more about the names. I also love that you included sources for more reading. :)

[@JeansThoughts]

+jesskathan really glad you enjoyed that element I hoped it would be helpful

[@LykaiosFaolan]

Wow this made me really miss studying Classics, but I was quite proud of how much I remembered from so long ago! Thank you for these videos, they're a fantastic idea!

[@veliana7958]

Great start of the series !! And I love the fact that you too are enjoying this so much ! You are radiating happiness and your eyes are glittering !

[@GraemeBell9864]

4:51. Vulcan gets a mention. A 'StarTrek' reference!

[@bern_loves]

This is fantastic! I love this video, it combines two of my favourite things - HP and mythology. It was so interesting, and it's clearly a topic you're passionate about. Can't wait to see more of these!

[@Chareads]

Loving this series, really makes me want to get back into mythology

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

I loved this Jean! I always knew there were a lot of references and my dad is a classics nerd so he used to tell me a lot of them when he read it as a bedtime story, but hearing this much detail brought it all to life all over again!! Can't wait for the next installment

[@CarolynsReadingRamblings]

This was so great! I love that you've combined your knowledge from your degree with a favorite book series, can't wait for the other videos! Also this makes me want to have a month of myth and read all my mythology texts including Ovid's Metamorphoses and some Euripides 😁

[@88MrsDarcy]

very interesting video series, Jean! just a tip on pronunciation about και, it's not but more of since in this case is a diphthong and is pronounce the same as the vowel .

[@tonikos5165]

in modern greek,but if u follow the attic greek accent its pronounced as kai

[@sashahawkins]

This series is such a fantastic idea!! Harry Potter and Classics are a few of my favorite things hihi :D Need to improve my ancient Greek and Roman literature game

[@eleonoralydia8884]

What I have always found interesting is that Draco or "Δράκων" in Greek is also the greek word for dragon. Ever since I was a child learning my Ancient History I thought it fascinating that the man who passed some of the stictest laws in Greek history was named 'dragon'.

[@mrd4518]

This video was so fantastic! Even though I love history I have always struggled with classics and Ancient Greek history/myths so this is a really great way to engage with it! Thank you :)

[@ceebeegeegies]

Ahh, I didn't know about Hermione's namesake dating back so far! I just assumed she was named after the eponymous character in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale. My college town is called Athens (funny to have a classic city in the south of the US amid all this farmland) so I enjoy learning more about Grecian myth and history. Next time I'm downtown I'll give a lil nod to the statue of Athena as if she's professor mcgonagall watching over us.

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

This is a fantastic series; I loved every minute of it! Thank you!

[@JeansThoughts]

+Britta Böhler thank you so much

[@girldictionary]

This video series makes me so happy!!

[@JeansThoughts]

Yay!

[@marydavenport111]

This is so fascinating and I wish I could tell you how much I love this. Thank you so much!

[@marydavenport111]

You're clearly very passionate about it and its so lovely to watch

[@nokiddingbrainless]

Yeees this is soo great! I love how passionate you are about this topic, it really shows and makes this so fun to watch! It might be a weird conclusion to draw from this video but I feel like you'd be an excellent uni teacher! :)

[@radio_static6222]

This was SUCH an interesting video! I only wish it was longer!!

[@JeansThoughts]

I better get on the second one :D glad you enjoyed it.

[@_Tennz]

You're so wonderful, Jean. You are so dedicated to your work! It's really inspiring. Thank you for this. :D

[@JulianneBenford]

I love this, it makes my little nerdy heart sing 😄

[@JeansThoughts]

YAY!

[@KatieReadsRants]

This was absolutely fascinating! Can't wait for the next episode!

[@JeansThoughts]

Thank you! :D

[@monicapalmer8276]

That was so interesting! Can't wait for the next one!

[@helenasnopek5431]

What a great idea for a series! I knew a fair few of these but hadn't ever thought about quite how many classical references are in the series. I had no idea about Draco! And I feel a little bad for Metis, not even getting credit for Minerva/Athena... I feel like Margaret Atwood could write a good story with that.

[@JeansThoughts]

+Helena Snopek yea I'm glad I added a couple more to your repertoire and that you enjoyed the video ☺️. I definitely feel bad for a lot of women in ancient mythology in history. Maybe Metis needs a modern retelling

[@katehickey2047]

I hope you'll do an eighth video on spells! I think that would be super cool.

[@pink_li]

This is really interesting. Thank you for doing this series. I look forward to the next videos!

[@Iry951]

I enjoyed watching this video! I never knew how many names were taken from ancient times and mythology :)

[@ina_loves_books]

This is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your vast knowledge!

[@LauraNoakes]

AHH this video is so FAB! This has made me want to buy ALL the ancient history books!

[@JeansThoughts]

YAY! Come join me ;)

[@dobyemable]

I feel like I just learned so much! Thanks for making this video! It was awesome!

[@JeansThoughts]

+Emily's Reading Adventures aw thank you I'm so glad to hear that

[@1980Achilles]

Excellent knowledge of the greek mythology, congratulations. Hermione as a daughter of Helen becomes as well Zeus grandchild. Alastor is also greek name and he himself seem to have a lot of similarities with the greek god Hefaistos (Vulkan in latin). Do you know if they are planning to translate the rest of the HP books in ancient greek?

[@paulwinchell6904]

Oh your going have so much fun with rhis series.

[@wellythief]

I loved this - well done, awesome video :)

[@teaspoones]

This was so interesting and made me so so happy

[@JeansThoughts]

I'm so pleased!

[@jenwilson5766]

This was so interesting! 😊 great idea

[@chboskyy]

Ahh I loved this Jean! So interesting 😊

[@JeansThoughts]

+chboskyy thanks so much Vanessa!

[@Sunshine34891]

this is so cool!!! can’t wait for the rest of the videos 👏🏻👏🏻

[@JeansThoughts]

Episode 2 is already up and episode 3 goes up today :D I hope you enjoy them too!

[@Sunshine34891]

Jean Bookishthoughts yeah I watched 2 right after and I’m eagerly waiting for 3 right now!! 😄😄

[@booksbyleynes]

So Interesting! Thanks for passing on your knowledge! :)

[@MsSweetpoint]

This was so interesting! Loved it! Xx

[@realkojitmal]

This was really interesting! Some good things to keep in mind next time I'm rereading the books =D

[@turtelina]

Love this so much Jean! Its brilliant. :)

[@charlottemackie9862]

This is amazing! Thank you 😊

[@JeansThoughts]

+Charlotte Mackie you're welcome i'm glad you enjoyed it

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

There will be a degree course in Harry Potter next!!

[@siriuslysnape83]

Love love love this!!!!!

[@mathildebourguignon718]

Really nice video !

[@helenahbtkul9161]

this is such a nice video

[@cordzgaut]

I loved this!!!

[@ninanewman484]

That was so cool!!

[@theloredaughter132]

I’m always surprised when more people aren’t aware that JK Rowling did this sort of thing on purpose, but I guess I was already through my Classical Mythology class in High School before I read Harry Potter. Great explanations!

[@charlottesreadsthings211]

I recently reread this one and I still don't understand how Hermione worked out which potion was the right one to get the stone!

[@SavidgeReads]

Now I've stopped being childish with my firsts, look at you talking Greek. Oh she's fancy. The tale of the Minotaur is one of my favourites and hadn't even spotted that link. I'm ashamed. I always forget how all the myths all link into each other too. I loved this very much indeed. Didn't Maggie Smith play a goddess in Clash of the Titans or have I made that up? Sorry small aside.

[@JeansThoughts]

Thankfully no Ancient Greeks are around to correct my pronunciation aha. Yes, Minos and all of the other goings on in Crete are some of my favourites mths! Party islands... And I love linking them up. Because then Theseus king of Athens comes to Crete to slay the Minotaur etc. She did! She played Thetis, Achilles mum in myth but in the film she is the mother of the fictional Calabos. I actually just filmed a film reviews video including that one aha.

[@BooksInFive]

Oh I love this! I had no idea JK was a classics major. Mythology is so great. Only in mythology would a head crack result in a birth. Haha

[@SunriseFireberry]

Minerva the goddess was celibate; Minerva McG married: a certain difference. The parallels between the 2 characters had limits. As far as a certain subset of HP characters go, a goodly number are from Greek/Roman, but they are names of stars 'n constellations, so often: Scorpius, Regulus, Bellatrix, Draco, Alphard, Sirius, Andromeda, etc. What do u make of this astronomical connection? JKR like lots of other authors, liked using symbolic names, whether it was Fudge, Pius, Molly, Arthur, or Sanguini, classically derived or otherwise. The spells are mostly Latin-based, with avada kadavra being an obvious exception. I thought u'd mntn this. Didn't JKR also study French, a Latin-based language? Was Septimius Severus the first black emperor? Just wondering. Centaurs used eg. for foreshadowing in HP1: re Mars and the new Wizarding war. Could u do classics & HG and classics and Narnia books down the road. Lots more classical fun!

[@SunriseFireberry]

No? Yes. You'll find the answers here www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/professor-mcgonagall

[@alef_19]

awesome video!! xox

[@SophiesMediaMagic]

I love Harry Potter! I wrote my book series ONLY because of Harry Potter 😃

[@betul6350]

loove this

[@EmiliaIKnow]

this video sings to me omh

[@SavidgeReads]

First!

[@JeansThoughts]

Kean bean ;)