Classics teacher a delightful contradiction of a fellow
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By Pat Sheil
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HARRY NICOLSON: 1923 – 2021
Some 15 years ago, standing on the remains of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, I found myself drifting away from the incredible view, and the sheer gravitas of where I was, back into a history classroom in Sydney. I was in two places at once. It was unexpected, yet remarkable and moving.
In its day, Delphi was the most sacred and mysterious slice of real estate in Greece. Now the ruined remnant of the Oracle, it remains an astonishing monument to the mystical yearnings of the baffled midwives of Western civilisation.