Greek man

Greek man
Biographical information
Nationality	Greek
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male

"Yeah — he's mine — bought him off a Greek chappie I met in the pub las' year — I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the —"

— Hagrid discussing his encounter with this wizard

This Greek chappie was a wizard who met Rubeus Hagrid in a pub in 1990.

Biography

In 1990, in a pub, he sold the three-headed dog he owned to Rubeus Hagrid, who named the dog Fluffy and lent him to Albus Dumbledore the following year in 1991. Dumbledore used Fluffy to guard the Philosopher's Stone in the third-floor corridor.

Behind the scenes

• In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hagrid states that he bought Fluffy from "an Irish feller", rather than "a Greek chappie", as he does in the book. This change loses J. K. Rowling's reference to Greek mythology, in which there was a three-head dog, Cerberus, that guarded the gates of Hades. Steve Kloves, the film's screenwriter, stated that he originally used the line "a Greek chappie", but did not know how the line got changed.
• It is unknown which pub Hagrid met this wizard at. It may have been the Leaky Cauldron, the Three Broomsticks Inn, the Hog's Head Inn, or another establishment.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned only)