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The daughter of
and , and the twin of . Artemis is the goddess of the wilderness, the hunt and wild animals, and fertility (she became a goddess of fertility and childbirth mainly in cities). She was often depicted with the crescent of the moon above her forehead and was sometimes identified with
(goddess of the moon).
Artemis was one of the Olympians and a virgin goddess. Her main vocation was to roam mountain forests and uncultivated land with her
in attendance hunting for lions, panthers, hinds and stags. Contradictory to the later, she helped in protecting and seeing to their well-being, also their safety and reproduction. She was armed with a bow and arrows which were made by
In one legend, Artemis was born one day before her brother Apollo. Her mother gave birth to her on the island of Ortygia, then, almost immediately after her birth, she helped her mother to cross the straits over to Delos, where she then delivered Apollo. This was the beginning of her role as guardian of young children and patron of women in childbirth. Being a goddess of contradictions, she was the protectress of women in labor, but it was said that the arrows of Artemis brought them sudden death while giving birth. As was her brother, Apollo, Artemis was a divinity of healing, but also brought and spread diseases such as leprosy, rabies and even gout.
Being associated with chastity, Artemis at an early age (in one legend she was three years old) asked her father, the great god Zeus, to grant her eternal virginity. Also, all her companions were virgins.
Artemis was very protective of her purity, and gave grave punishment to any man who attempted to dishonor her in any form. , while out hunting, accidentally came upon Artemis and her nymphs, who bathing naked in a secluded pool. Seeing them in all their naked beauty, the stunned Actaeon stopped and gazed at them, but when Artemis saw him ogling them, she transformed him into a stag. Then, incensed with disgust, she set his own hounds upon him. They chased and killed what they thought was another stag, but it was their master. As with , a giant and a great hunter, there are several legends which tell of his death, one involving Artemis. It is said that he tried to rape the virgin goddess, so killed him with her bow and arrows. Another says she conjured up a scorpion which killed Orion and his dog. Orion became a constellation in the night sky, and his dog became Sirius, the dog star. Yet another version says it was the scorpion which stung him and was transformed into the constellation with Orion, the later being Scorpio. Artemis was enraged when one of her nymphs, , allowed Zeus to seduce her, but the great god approached her
he came in the form of Artemis. The young nymph was unwittingly tricked, and she gave birth to , the ancestor of the Arcadians, but Artemis showed no mercy and changed her into a bear. She then shot and killed her. As Orion, she was sent up to the heavens, and became the constellation of the Great Bear (which is also known as the Plough).
Artemis was very possessive. She would show her wrath on anyone who disobeyed her wishes, especially against her sacred animals. Even the great hero
came upon the wrath of Artemis, when he killed a stag in her sacred grove. His punishment came when his ships were becalmed, while he made his way to besiege Troy. With no winds to sail his ships he was told by the seer
that the only way Artemis would bring back the winds was for him to sacrifice his daughter . Some versions say he did sacrifice Iphigenia, others that Artemis exchanged a deer in her place, and took Iphigenia to the land of the Tauri (the Crimea) as a priestess, to prepare strangers for sacrifice to Artemis.
Artemis with her twin brother, Apollo, put to death the children of . The reason being that Niobe, a mere mortal, had boasted to Leto, the mother of the divine twins, that she had bore more children, which must make her superior to Leto. Apollo being outraged at such an insult on his mother, informed Artemis. The twin gods hunted them down and shot them with t Apollo killed the male children and Artemis the girls.
Artemis was worshiped in most Greek cities but only as a secondary deity. However, to the Greeks in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) she was a prominent deity. In Ephesus, a principal city of Asia Minor, a great temple was built in her honor, which became one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World". But at Ephesus she was worshiped mainly as a fertility goddess, and was identified with Cybele the mother goddess of eastern lands. The cult statues of the Ephesian Artemis differ greatly from those of mainland Greece, whereas she is depicted as a huntress with her bow and arrows. Those found at Ephesus show her in the eastern style, standing erect with numerous nodes on her chest. There have been many theories as to what they represent. Some say they are breasts, others that they are bulls testes which were sacrificed to her. Which is the true interpretation remains uncertain, but each represent fertility.
There were festivals in honor of Artemis, such as the Brauronia, which was held in B and the festival of Artemis Orthia, held at Sparta, when young Spartan boys would try to steal cheeses from the altar. As they tried they would be whipped, the meaning of Orthia and the nature of the ritual whipping has been lost and there is no logical explanation or translation. Among the epithets given to Artemis are:
(mistress of wild animals) this title was mentioned by the great poet H Kourotrophos (nurse of youth's); Locheia
(helper in childbirth); Agrotera
(huntress); and Cynthia (taken from her birthplace on Mount Cynthus on Delos). When young girls reached puberty they were initiated into her cult, but when they decided to marry, which Artemis was not against, they were asked to lay in front of the altar all the paraphernalia of their virginity, toys, dolls and locks of their hair, they then left the domain of the virgin goddess.
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From Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
&You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potionmaking,&
he began. [...] I don't expect you will really understand the beauty
of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate
power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind,
ensnaring the senses ... I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew
glory, even stopper death -- if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads
as I usually have to teach.&
From Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
&Hang on...& Harry muttered to Ron. &There's an empty
chair at the staff table.... Where's Snape?&
&Maybe he's ill!& said Ron hopefully.
&Maybe he's left,& said Harry, 'because he missed out on
the Defense Against the Dark Arts job again!&
&Or he might have been sacked!& said Ron enthusiastically.
&I mean, everyone hates him --&
&Or maybe,& said a very cold voice right behind them, &he's
waiting to hear why you two didn't arrive on the school train.&
Harry spun around. There, his black robes rippling in a cold breeze,
stood Severus Snape. He was a thin man with sallow skin, a hooked nose
and greasy, shoulder-length black hair, and at this moment, he was
smiling in a way that told Harry he and Ron were in very deep trouble.
From Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
&Longbottom, at the end of this lesson we will feed a few drops
of this potion to your toad and see that happens. Perhaps that will
encourage you to do it properly.&
&Possibly no one's warned you, Lupin, but this class contains
Neville Longbottom. I would advise you not to entrust him with anything
difficult. Not unless Miss Granger is hissing instructions in his ear.&
Professor Lupin raised his eyebrows.
&I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the
operation, he said, and I am sure he will perform admirably.&
&That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger,&
said Snape coolly. &Five more points from Gryffindor for being
an insufferable know-it-all.&
Snape's eyes were boring into Harry's. It was exactly like trying
to stare down a hippogriff. Harry tried hard not to blink. ()
&What would your head have been doing in Hogsmeade, Potter?&
said Snape softly. &Your head is not allowed in Hogsmeade. No
part of your body has permission to be in Hogsmeade.&
&How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter,& Snape
said suddenly, his eyes glinting. &He too was exceedingly arrogant.
A small amount of talent on the Quidditch field made him think he was
a cut above the rest of us too. Strutting around the place with his
friends and admirers ... The resemblance between you is uncanny.&
&Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs
him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.&
&Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor
Snape is an ugly git.&
&Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like
that ever became a professor.&
&Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his
hair, the slimeball.&
&Give me a reason,& he whispered. &Give me a reason
to do it, and I swear I will.&
Black stopped dead. It would have been impossible to say which face
showed more hatred. ()
Fudge: &Ah well, Snape ... Harry Potter, you know ...
we've all got a bit of a blind spot where he's concerned.&
Snape: &And yet -- is it good for him to be given so much special
treatment? Personally, I try and treat him like any other student.&
From Harry Potter and the Goblet of
'Mad Eye' Moody: &'Course Dumbledore trusts you,&
growled Moody. &He's a trusting man, isn't he? Believes in second
chances. But me -- I say there are spots that don't come off, Snape.
Spots that never come off, d' you know what I mean?&
&You might be laboring under the delusion that the entire wizarding
world is impressed with you,& Snape went on, so quietly that no
one else could hear him, &but I don't care how many times your
picture appears in the papers. To me, Potter, you are nothing but a
nasty little boy who considers rules to be beneath him.&
Sirius: &Ever since I found out Snape was teaching
here, I’ve wondered why Dumbledore hired him. Snape’s always
been fascinated by the Dark Arts, he was famous for it at school. Slimy,
oily, greasy-haired kid, he was.& Sirius added, and Harry and
Ron grinned at each other. &Snape knew more curses when he arrived
at school than half the kids in seventh year, and he was part of a
gang of Slytherins who nearly-all turned out to be Death Eaters.&
&What made you think he'd really stopped supporting Voldemort,
Professor?&
Dumbledore held Harry's gaze for a few seconds, and then said, &That,
Harry, is a matter between Professor Snape and myself.&
Snape strode forward, past Dumbledore, pulling up the left sleeve
of his robes as he went. He stuck out his forearm and showed it to
Fudge, who recoiled.
&There,& said Snape harshly. &There. The Dark Mark. It is not
as clear as it was an hour ago, when it burned black, but you can still see
it. Every Death Eater had the sign burned into him by the Dark Lord.&
&Severus,& said Dumbledore, turning to Snape, &you
know what I must ask you to do. If you are ready ... if you are prepared
&I am,& said Snape.
He looked slightly paler than usual, and his cold, black eyes glittered
strangely. ()
From Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
&What's that supposed to mean?& said Sirius, letting his
chair fall back onto all four legs with a loud bang.
&Merely that I am sure you must feel -- ah -- frustrated by the fact that
you can to nothing useful,& Snape laid a delicate stress on the
word, &for the Order.&
It was Sirius's turn to flush. Snape's lip curled in triumph.... ()
&I've warned you, Snivellus,& said Sirius, his
face barely a foot from Snape's, &I don't care if Dumbledore thinks
you've reformed, I know better --&
&Oh, but why don't you tell him so?& whispered Snape. &Or are
you afraid he might not take the advice of a man who has been hiding inside
his mother's house for six months very seriously?&
&Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days?& I expect he's delighted
his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?&
&Speaking of dogs,& said Snape softly, &did you know that Lucius
Malfoy recognized you last time you risked a little jaunt outside? Clever idea,
Black, getting yourself seen on a safe station platform... gave you a cast-iron
excuse not to leave your hidey-hole in future, didn't it?& ()
Snape: &It is true, however, that those who have mastered
Legilimency are able, under certain conditions, to delve into the minds
of their victims and to interpret their findings correctly. The Dark
Lord, for instance, almost always knows when somebody is lying to him.
Only those skilled at Occlumency are able to shut down those feelings
and memories that contradict the lie, and to utter falsehoods in his
presence without detection.& ()
Snape: &The usual rules do not seem to apply to you,
Potter. The curse that failed to kill you seems to have forged some
kind of connection between you and the Dark Lord. The evidence suggests
that at times, when your mind is most relaxed and vulnerable -- when
you are asleep, for instance -- you are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts
and emotions. The headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue.
He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord.&
Harry: &How come I saw through the snake's eyes if it's
Voldemort's thoughts I'm sharing?&
&Do not say the Dark Lord's name!& spat Snape. ()
Snape has just made Harry remember how Cedric died: &I
told you to empty yourself of emotion!&
&Yeah? Well, I'm finding that hard at the moment,& Harry snarled.
&Then you will find yourself easy prey for the Dark Lord!&
said Snape savagely. &Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their
sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories
and allow themselves to be provoked this easily -- weak people, in
other words -- they stand no chance against his powers! He will penetrate
your mind with absurd ease, Potter!& ()
'Shut up, Ron,' said Hermione angrily. 'How many times have you suspected
Snape, and when have you ever been right? Dumbledore trusts him, he
works for the Order, that ought to be enough.'
'He used to be a Death
Eater,' said Ron stubbornly. 'And we've never seen proof that he really
swapped sides.'
'Dumbledore trusts him,' Hermione repeated. 'And if
we can't trust Dumbledore, we can't trust anyone.' ()
&That is just as well, Potter,& said Snape coldly, &because
you are neither special nor important, and it is not up to you to find
out what the Dark Lord is saying to his Death Eaters.&
&No -- that's your job, isn't it?& Harry shot at him.
He had it had burst out of him in temper. For
a long moment they stared at each other, Harry convinced he had gone
too far. But there was a curious, almost satisfied expression on Snape's
face when he answered.
&Yes, Potter,& he said, his eyes glinting. &That is my job.& ()
&... suddenly Harry's mind was teeming with memories that were
not his -- a hook-nosed man was shouting at a cowering woman, while
a small dark-haired boy cried in a corner.... A greasy-haired teenager
sat alone in a dark bedroom, pointing his wand at the ceiling, shooting
down flies.... A girl was laughing as a scrawny boy tried to mount
a bucking broomstick --&
&ENOUGH!& ()
&Can you tell me something, sir?& said Harry, firing up
&Why do you call Voldemort the Dark Lord, I've only ever heard Death Eaters
call him that --&
Snape opened his mouth in a snarl -- and a woman screamed from somewhere
outside the room. ()
Snape's worst memory: And there he was, at a table right
behind Harry. Harry stared. Snape-the-teenager had a stringy, pallid
look about him, like a plant kept in the dark. His hair was lank and
greasy and was flopping onto the table, his hooked nose barely half
an inch from the surface of the parchment as he scribbled. ()
Snape's worst memory: &This will liven you up, Padfoot,&
said James quietly. &Look who it is...&
&Excellent,& he said softly. &Snivellus.&
Harry turned to see what Sirius was looking at.
Snape was on his feet again, and was stowing the O.W.L. paper in his
bag. As he emerged from the shadows of the bushes and set off across
the grass, Sirius and James stood up. Lupin and Wormtail remained sitting:
Lupin was still staring down at his book, though his eyes were not
moving and a faint frown line had appeared between his eyebrows. Wormtail
was looking from Sirius and James to Snape with a look of avid anticipation
on his face.
&All right, Snivellus?& said James loudly.
Snape reacted so fast it was as though he had been expecting an attack.
Dropping his bag, he plunged his hand inside his robes, and his wand
was halfway into the air when James shouted &Expelliarmus!&
Snape's wand flew twelve feet into the air and fell with a little thud
in the grass behind him. Sirius let out a bark of laughter. &Impedimenta!& he
said, pointing his wand at Snape, who was knocked off his feet, halfway
through a dive toward his own fallen wand.
Students all around had turned to watch. Some of them had gotten to
their feet and were edging nearer to watch. Some looked apprehensive,
others entertained.
Snape lay panting on the ground. James and Sirius advanced on him,
wands up, James glancing over his shoulder at the girls at the water's
edge as he went. Wormtail was on his feet now, watching hungrily, edging
around Lupin to get a clearer view.
&How'd the exam go Snivelly?& said James.
&I was watching him, his nose was touching the parchment,&
said Sirius viciously. &There'll be great grease marks all over
it, they won't be able to read a word.& [...]
&Leave him ALONE!&
James and Sirius looked around. James's free hand jumped to his hair
It was one of the girls from the lake edge. She had thick dark red
hair that fell to her shoulders and startlingly green almond-shaped
eyes -- Harry's eyes.
Harry's mother... ()
Snape's worst memory: &LEAVE HIM ALONE!& Lily shouted.
She had her own wand out now. James and Sirius eyed it warily.
&Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you,& said James earnestly.
&Take the curse off him, then!&
James sighed deeply, then turned to Snape and muttered the countercurse.
&There you go,& he said, as Snape struggled to his feet again,
&you're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus--&
&I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!&
Snape's worst memory: &So,& said Snape, gripping
Harry's arm so tightly Harry's hand was starting to feel numb. &So
... been enjoying yourself, Potter?&
&N-no ...& said Harry, trying to free his arm.
It was scary: Snape's lips were shaking, his face was white, his teeth
were bared.
&Amusing man, your father, wasn't he?& said Snape, shaking Harry
so hard that his glasses slipped down his nose.
&I -- didn't --&
Snape threw Harry from him with all his might. Harry fell hard onto
the dungeon floor.
&You will not repeat what you saw to anybody!& Snape bellowed.
&No,& said Harry, getting to his feet as far from Snape as he could, &No,
of course I w--&
&Get out, get out, I don't want to see you in this office ever again!&
And as Harry hurtled toward the door, a jar of dead cockroaches exploded
over his head. ()
Lupin: &I wouldn't want you to judge your father on
what you saw there, Harry. He was only fifteen --&
&I'm fifteen!& said Harry heatedly.
&Look Harry,& said Sirius placatingly, &James and Snape hated
each other from the moment they set eyes on each other, it was just one of
those things, you can understand that, can't you? I think James was everything
Snape wanted to be -- he was popular, he was good at Quidditch, good at pretty
much everything. And Snape was just this little oddball who was up to his eyes
in the Dark Arts and James -- whatever else he may have appeared to you, Harry
-- always hated the Dark Arts.&
Snape won't cooperate with Umbridge: &You are on probation!&
shrieked Professor Umbridge, and Snape looked back at her, his eyebrows
slightly raised. &You are being deliberately unhelpful! I expected
better, Lucius Malfoy always speaks most highly of you! Now get out
of my office!&
Snape had emerged from the staircase leading down to his office, and
at the site of him Harry felt a great rush of hatred beyond anything
he felt toward Malfoy.... What ever Dumbledore said, he would never
forgive Snape ... never ... ()
From Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
To Bellatrix: Before I answer you, I say, let me ask a question in
turn. Do you really think that the Dark Lord has not asked me each
and every one of those questions? And do you really think that, had
I not been able to give satisfactory answers, I would be sitting here
talking to you?&
hesitated.
&I know he believes you, but...& (HBP2)
To Bellatrix: &You ask where I was when the Dark Lord fell. I was where he
had ordered me to be, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,
because he wished me to spy upon Albus Dumbledore. You know, I presume,
that it was on the Dark Lord's orders that I took up the post?& (HBP2)
&Yes, Bellatrix, I stayed,& said Snape, betraying a hint
of impatience for the first time. &I had a comfortable job that
I preferred to a stint in Azkaban. They were rounding up the Death
Eaters, you know. Dumbledore's protection it was
most convenient and I used it. I repeat: The Dark Lord does not complain
that I stayed, so I do not see why you do. (HBP2)
To Bellatrix: &The Dark Lord's initial displeasure at my lateness vanished
entirely, I assure you, when I explained that I remained faithful,
although Dumbledore thought I was his man. Yes, the Dark Lord thought
that I had left him forever, but he was wrong.& (HBP2)
To Bellatrix: &Have you not understood me? It was only Dumbledore's protection
that was keeping me out of Azkaban! Do you disagree that murdering
his favorite student might have turned him against me? But there was
more to it than that. I should remind you that when Potter first arrived
at Hogwarts there were still many stories circulating about him, rumors
that he himself was a great Dark wizard, which was how he had survived
the Dark Lord's attack. Indeed, many of the Dark Lords old followers
thought Potter might be a standard around which we could all rally
once more. I was curious, I admit it, and not at all inclined to murder
him the moment he set fool in the castle.
&Of course, it became
apparent to me very quickly that he had no extraordinary talent at
all. He has fought his way out of a number of tight corners by a simple
combination of sheer luck and more talented friends. He is mediocre
to the last degree, though as obnoxious and self-satisfied as was his
father before him. I have done my utmost to have him thrown out of
Hogwarts, where I believe he scarcely belongs, but kill him, or allow
him to be killed in front of me? I would have been a fool to risk it
with Dumbledore close at hand.&
&And through all this we
are supposed to believe Dumbledore has never suspected you?& asked
Bellatrix. &He has no idea of your true allegiance, he trusts
you implicitly still?&
&I have played my part well,& said
Snape. &And you overlook Dumbledore's greatest weakness: He has
to believe the best of people....& (HBP2)
Narcissa: &Will you, Severus, watch over my son, Draco, as he
attempts to fulfill the Dark Lord's wishes?&
&I will,& said Snape. (HBP2)
Narcissa: &And will you, to the best of your ability, protect him from
&I will,& said Snape. (HBP2)
Narcissa: &And, should it prove necessary... if it seems Draco will
fail...& whispered Narcissa (Snape's hand twitched within hers,
but he did not draw away), &will you carry out the deed that the
Dark Lord has ordered Draco to perform?& There was a moment's
silence. Bellatrix watched, her wand upon their clasped hands, her
eyes wide.
&I will,& said Snape. (HBP2)
To Narcissa: Snape caught hold of her wrists and removed her clutching
hands. Looking down into her tearstained face, he said slowly, &He
intends me to do it in the end, I think. But he is determined that
Draco should try first. You see, in the unlikely event that Draco succeeds,
I shall be able to remain at Hogwarts a little longer, fulfilling my
useful role as spy.& (HBP2)
Snape's Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom in the dungeon: Harry
looked around as they entered. Snape had imposed his personality upon
it was gloomier than usual, as curtains had been
drawn over the windows, and was lit by candlelight. New pictures adorned
the walls, many of them showing people who appeared to be in pain,
sporting grisly injuries or strangely contorted body parts. Nobody
spoke as they settled down, looking around at the shadowy, gruesome
pictures. (HBP9)
Class lesson: &The Dark Arts,& said Snape, &are many,
varied, ever-changing, and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting
a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts
a head even fiercer and cleverer than before. You are fighting that
which is unfixed, mutating, indestructible.&
Harry stared at Snape. It was surely one thing
to respect the Dark Arts as a dangerous enemy, another to speak of
them, as Snape was doing, with a loving caress in his voice?
defenses,& said Snape, a little louder, &must therefore be
as flexible and inventive as the arts you seek to undo. These pictures& -
he indicated a few of them as he swept past - &give a fair representation
of what happens to those who suffer, for instance, the Cruciatus Curse& -
he waved a hand toward a witch who was clearly shrieking in agony - &feel
the Dementor's Kiss& - a wizard lying huddled and blank-eyed,
slumped against a wall - &or provoke the aggression of the Inferius& -
a bloody mass upon ground. (HBP9)
Class lesson: &Do you remember me telling you we are practicing
nonverbal spells, Potter?&
&Yes,& said Harry stiffly.
&There's no need to call me 'sir,' Professor.& The
words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying. Several people
gasped, including Hermione. Behind Snape, however, Ron, Dean, and Seamus
grinned appreciatively.
&Detention, Saturday night, my office,& said
Snape. &I do not take cheek from anyone, Potter . . . not even
'the Chosen One.'& (HBP9)
At Slughorn's Christmas party: And to Harry's horror, Slughorn
threw out an arm and seemed to scoop Snape out of thin air toward them. &Stop
skulking and come and join us, Severus!& hiccuped Slughorn happily. &I
was just talking about Harry's exceptional potion-making! Some credit
must go to you, of course, you taught him for five years!& (HBP15)
In private to Draco: & . . . cannot afford mistakes,
Draco, because if you are expelled &&
didn't have anything to do with it, all right?&
&I hope you
are telling the truth, because it was both clumsy and foolish. Already
you are suspected of having a hand in it.&
&Who suspects
me?& said Malfoy angrily. &For the last time, I didn't do
it, okay? That Bell girl must've had an enemy no one knows about & don't
look at me like that! I know what you're doing, I'm not stupid, but
it won't work & I can stop you!&
There was a pause and then
Snape said quietly, &Ah . . . Aunt Bellatrix has been teaching
you Occlumency, I see. What thoughts are you trying to conceal from
your master, Draco?&
&I'm not trying to conceal anything
from him, I just don't want you butting in!& Harry pressed his
ear still more closely against the keyhole. . . . What had happened
to make Malfoy speak to Snape like this & Snape, toward whom
he had always shown respect, even liking?
&So that is why you
have been avoiding me this term? You have feared my interference? You
realize that, had anybody else failed to come to my office when I had
told them repeatedly to be there, Draco &&
me in detention! Report me to Dumbledore!& jeered Malfoy.
was another pause. Then Snape said, &You know perfectly well that
I do not wish to do either of those things.&
&You'd better
stop telling me to come to your office then!&
&Listen to
me,& said Snape, his voice so low now that Harry had to push his
ear very hard against the keyhole to hear. &I am trying to help
you. I swore to your mother I would protect you. I made the Unbreakable
Vow, Draco &&
&Looks like you'll have to break it,
then, because I don't need your protection! It's my job, he gave it
to me and I'm doing it, I've got a plan and it's going to work, it's
just taking a bit longer than I thought it would!& (HBP15)
In private to Draco: Now listen to me! You are being incautious,
wandering around at night, getting yourself caught, and if you are
placing your reliance in assistants like Crabbe and Goyle &&
not the only ones, I've got other people on my side, better people!&
why not confide in me, and I can &&
&I know what you're
up to! You want to steal my glory!& (HBP15)
Harry to Lupin: &But,& said Harry, &just say & just
say Dumbledore's wrong about Snape &&
&People have
said it, many times. It comes down to whether or not you trust Dumbledore&s
judgment. I therefore, I trust Severus.&
&But Dumbledore
can make mistakes,& argued Harry. &He says it himself. And
looked Lupin straight in the eye & &do you honestly like
&I neither like nor dislike Severus,& said Lupin.
Harry, I am speaking the truth,& he added, as Harry pulled a skeptical
expression. &We shall never be bosom friends, after all
that happened between James and Sirius and Severus, there is too much
bitterness there. But I do not forget that during the year I taught
at Hogwarts, Severus made the Wolfsbane Potion for me every month,
made it perfectly, so that I did not have to suffer as I usually do
at the full moon.& (HBP16)
Lupin to Harry: &You are determined to hate him, Harry,& said
Lupin with a faint smile. &And I with James as your
father, with Sirius as your godfather, you have inherited an old prejudice.
Dumbledore, after Harry's report: &I think you might
even consider the possibility that I understood more than you did.
Again, I am glad that you have confided in me, but let me reassure
you that you have not told me anything that causes me disquiet.& (HBP17)
Hagrid overhears an argument and Harry questions him: &What's
Snape done?&
dunno, Harry, I shouldn'ta heard it at all! I & well, I was comin& outta
the forest the other evenin& an' I overheard 'em talking& well,
Didn't like ter draw attention to meself, so I sorta skulked an tried
not ter listen, but it was a & well, a heated discussion an'
it wasn& easy ter block it out.&
&Well?& Harry
urged him, as Hagrid shuffled his enormous feet uneasily.
jus' heard Snape sayin& Dumbledore took too much fer granted
an maybe he & Snape & didn& wan& ter do it
any more &&
&Do what?&
&I dunno, Harry, it
sounded like Snape was feelin& a bit overworked, tha's all & anyway,
Dumbledore told him flat out he'd agreed ter do it an' that was all
there was to it. Pretty firm with him. An' then he said summat abou& Snape
makin' investigations in his House, in Slytherin. (HBP19)
Dumbledore: &The ring, Harry. Marvolo's ring. And a
terrible curse there was upon it too. Had it not been & forgive
me the lack of seemly modesty & for my own prodigious skill,
and for Professor Snape's timely action when I returned to Hogwarts,
desperately injured, I might not have lived to tell the tale. However,
a withered hand does not seem an unreasonable exchange for a seventh
of Voldemort's soul. The ring is no longer a Horcrux.& (HBP23)
After the Sectumsempra: &I didn't mean it to happen,& said
Harry at once. His voice echoed in the cold, watery space. &I
didn't know what that spell did.&
But Snape ignored this. &Apparently
I underestimated you, Potter,& he said quietly. &Who would
have thought you knew such Dark Magic? Who taught you that spell?&
about it somewhere.& (HBP24)
&This is your copy of Advanced Potion-Making, is it, Potter?&
&Yes,& said
Harry, still breathing hard.
&You're quite sure of that, are you,
&Yes,& said Harry, with a touch more defiance.
is the copy of Advanced Potion-Making that you purchased from Flourish
and Blotts?&
&Yes,& said Harry firmly.
&Then why,& asked
Snape, &does it have the name 'Roonil Wazlib' written inside the
front cover?& (HBP24)
&Do you know what I think, Potter?& said Snape, very quietly. &I
think that you are a liar and a cheat and that you deserve detention
with me every Saturday until the end of term. &What do you think,
Potter?& (HBP24)
Trelawney remembers how Snape interrupted her
job interview: 'Yes,
there was a commotion outside the door and it flew open, and there
was that rather uncouth barman standing with Snape, who was waffling
about having come the wrong way up the stairs, although I'm afraid
that I myself rather thought he had been apprehended eavesdropping
on my interview with Dumbledore - you see, he himself was seeking a
job at the time, and no doubt hoped to pick up tips! Well, after that,
you know, Dumbledore seemed much more disposed to give me a job, and
I could not help thinking, Harry, that it was because he appreciated
the stark contrast between my own unassuming manners and quiet talent,
compared to the pushing, thrusting young man who was prepared to listen
at keyholes - Harry, dear?' (HBP25)
Dumbledore remembers too: 'Professor Snape made a terrible -'
tell me it was a mistake, sir, he was listening at the door!'
let me finish.' Dumbledore waited until Harry had nodded curtly, then
went on. 'Professor Snape made a terrible mistake. He was still in
Lord Voldemort's employ on the night he heard the first half of Professor
Trelawney's prophecy. Naturally, he hastened to tell his master what
he had heard, for it concerned his master most deeply. But he did not
know - he had no possible way of knowing - which boy Voldemort would
hunt from then onwards, or that the parents he would destroy in his
murderous quest were people that Professor Snape knew, that they were
your mother and father -'
Harry let out a yell of mirthless laughter.
'He hated my dad like he hated Sirius! Haven't you noticed, Professor,
how the people Snape hates tend to end up dead?'
'You have no idea
of the remorse Professor Snape felt when he realised how Lord Voldemort
had interpreted the prophecy, Harry. I believe it to be the greatest
regret of his life and the reason that he returned -'
'But he's a very
good Occlumens, isn't he, sir?' said Harry, whose voice was shaking
with the effort of keeping it steady. 'And isn't Voldemort convinced
that Snape's on his side, even now? Professor ... how can you be sure
Snape's on our side?'
Dumbledore did no he looked
as though he was trying to make up his mind about something. At last
he said, 'I am sure. I trust Severus Snape completely.' (HBP25)
Dumbledore is injured by Voldemort's potion: 'We need to get you up
to the school, sir ... Madam Pomfrey ...'
'No,' said Dumbledore. 'It
is ... Professor Snape whom I need ... but I do not think ... I can
walk very far just yet ...'
'Right - sir, listen - I'm going to knock
on a door, find a place you can stay - then I can run and get Madam
'Severus,' said Dumbledore clearly. 'I need Severus ...' (HBP27)
Draco to Dumbledore: 'He's a double-agent, you stupid old
man, he isn't working for you, you just think he is!'
'We must agree
to differ on that, Draco. It so happens that I trust Professor Snape
-' (HBP27)
In the Astronomy tower: 'Draco, do it, or stand aside so
one of us -' screeched the woman, but at that precise moment the door
to the ramparts burst open once more and there stood Snape, his wand
clutched in his hand as his black eyes swept the scene, from Dumbledore
slumped against the wall, to the four Death Eaters, including the enraged
werewolf, and Malfoy.
'We've got a problem, Snape,' said the lumpy Amycus, whose
eyes and wand were fixed alike upon Dumbledore, 'the boy doesn't seem
But somebody else had spoken Snape's name, quite softly.
The sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had experienced
all evening. For the first time, Dumbledore was pleading.
Snape said
nothing, but walked forwards and pushed Malfoy roughly out of the way.
The three Death Eaters fell back without a word. Even the werewolf
seemed cowed.
Snape gazed for a moment at Dumbledore, and there was
revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face.
... please ...&
raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore. 'Avada Kedavra!'
&Cruc -& yelled Harry for the second time, aiming for the
figure ahead illuminated in the dancing firelight, but Snape blocked
the spell again. Harry could see him sneering.
&No Unforgivable
Curses from you, Potter!& he shouted over the rushing of the flames,
Hagrid's yells, and the wild yelping of the trapped Fang.
haven't got the nerve or the ability -&
&Incarc-& Harry
roared, but Snape deflected the spell with an almost lazy flick of
&Fight back!& Harry screamed at him. &Fight
back, you cowardly-----&
&Coward, did you call me, Potter?& shouted
Snape. &Your father would never attack me unless it was four on
one, what would you call him, I wonder?&
again and again and again until you learn to keep your mouth shut and
your mind closed, Potter!& sneered Snape, deflecting the curse
once more.
&No!& roared Snape's voice and
the pain stopped as sudden Harry lay curled on
the dark grass, clutching
somewhere overhead
Snape was shouting, &Have you forgotten our orders? Potter belongs
to the Dark Lord - we are to leave him! Go! Go!&
And Harry felt
the ground shudder under his face as the brother and sister and the
enormous Death Eater obeyed, running toward the gates. Harry uttered
an inarticulate yell of rage: In that instant, he cared not whether
he lived or died. Pushing himself to his feet again, he staggered blindly
toward Snape, the man he now hated as much as he hated Voldemort himself
&Sectum - &
Snape flicked his wand and the curse was repelled
but Harry was mere feet away now and he could see Snape's
face clearly at last: He was no longer the blazing
flames showed a face full of rage. Mustering all his powers of concentration,
Harry thought, Levi -
&No, Potter!& screamed Snape.
dare use my own spells against me, Potter? It was I who invented them
- I, the Half-Blood Prince! And you'd turn my inventions on me, like
your filthy father, would you? I don't think so . . . no&
ha Snape shot a hex at it and it flew feet away
into the darkness and out of sight.
&Kill me then,& panted
Harry, who felt no fear at all, but only rage and contempt.
me like you killed him, you coward -&
&DON'T -& screamed
Snape, and his face was suddenly demented, inhuman, as though he was
in as much pain as the yelping, howling dog stuck in the burning house
behind them - &CALL ME COWARD!& (HBP28)
Slughorn reacts: &Snape!& ejaculated Slughorn, who looked
the most shaken, pale and sweating. &Snape! I taught him! I thought
I knew him!& (HBP)
Hermione's research: 'No - no - Harry, I didn't mean that!'
she said hastily, looking around to check that they were not being
overheard. 'It's just that I was right about Eileen Prince once owning
the book. You see ... she was Snape's mother!'
'I thought she wasn't much of
a looker,' said Ron.
Hermione ignored him. 'I was going through the
rest of the old Prophets and there was a tiny announcement about Eileen
Prince marrying a man called Tobias Snape, and then later an announcement
saying that she'd given birth to a -'
'- murderer,' spat Harry.
... yes,' said Hermione. 'So ... I was sort of right. Snape must have
been proud of being &half a Prince&, you see? Tobias Snape
was a Muggle from what it said in the Prophet. (HBP30)
'I should've shown the book to Dumbledore,' said Harry. 'All that
time he was showing me how Voldemort was evil even when he was at
school, and I had proof Snape was, too -'
'&Evil& is a strong word,'
said Hermione quietly. (HBP30)
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