Chapter 24
The Great HeadAlmost as soon as Demosthenes entered her presence the Oracle went into a trance and a voice spoke through her, so deep, so familiar, that the Greek was almost moved to tears.
Around him were the forests and marshes of the ancient days, and before him was the man who had been as humble as a swineherd and as mighty as a king; the man who had tried to bring culture to a savage land, and who had died as a Seer beyond his time.
As he spoke of his aspirations and his hopes, Demosthenes remembered. He had been to this land before, many centuries before, brought from Greece to found an academy. He remembered strenuous debates with Druid priests. He remembered the stone temple of Apollo and the man who climbed onto the roof. He remembered the great sailing wings, the li
