NESTOR, in Greek Mythology

nĕsˈtər, in Greek mythology, wise king of Pylos; son of Neleus and father of Antilochus. In the Iliad, Nestor went with the Greeks to the Trojan War, and although he had lived three generations he was still a vigorous warrior and a respected adviser. In the Odyssey, because of his piety and prudence, the gods allowed him to return unharmed to Pylos after the war.

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The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"
Book by Robin Hard; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Mythology, Greek
...national epics of the Greeks, were traditionally...the mightiest of the Greek warriors, who withdraws...maiden Briseis by the Greek commander Agamemnon...their city and place the Greek army under severe threat...legend and from divine mythology. The loquacious Nestor likes to reminisce about...
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The Mycenaean Origin of Greek Mythology
Book by Martin P. Nilsson; University of California Press, 1932
Subjects: Civilization, Mycenaean, Mythology, Greek
...Heavenly Gods" . These phrases belong to the elements of Greek mythology, and on them the very common opinion is founded which...pray to Zeus looking upward toward the heavens. 16 Nestor prays to the Olympian Zeus stretching his hand toward...
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A Handbook of Greek Mythology: Including Its Extension to Rome
Book by H. J. Rose; Routledge, 1991
Subjects: Mythology, Roman
...late version of the story states that Antilochos, son of Nestor, 18 was exposed in infancy and suckled by a bitch, while...instructed by Apollo. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Greeks credited the heroes and deities of other countries with a...contrived to tend him. How much of this curious story is Greek and how much barbarian is not a question which
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A Short Guide to Classical Mythology
Book by G. M. Kirkwood; Bolchazy-Carducci, 1995
Subjects: Mythology, Greek--Dictionaries
...son of Tyro and Poseidon, was the father of Nestor and Pero. See Salmoneus and Heracles (Minor...violate Deianira and was killed by Heracles. Nestor (nestor) was the eldest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War. Night was daughter...
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Classical Mythology in English Literature: A Critical Anthology
Book by Geoffrey Miles; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Adonis (Greek Deity)--Literary Collections, English Literature, English Literature--Classical Influences, Mythology, Classical, In Literature, Mythology, Classical--Literary Collections, Orpheus (Greek Mythology)--Literary Collections, Pygmalion (Greek Mythology)--Literary Collections
...last and most famous of the Greek heroic sagas, partly because...routes than about the love of a Greek princess. The origins of the war According to the Greeks, it all began with an apple...Menelaus appealed to his fellow Greek kings to honour their oath...the aged elder statesman, Nestor of Pylos; the sturdy Diomedes...
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journal articles on: Nestor in Greek Mythology  - 17 results

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Isaac and Iphigeneia
Journal article by Peter Millett; European Judaism, Vol. 40, 2007
Subjects: Bible stories--Criticism and interpretation, Classical literature--Criticism and interpretation, Greek mythology, Isaac (Biblical figure)--Portrayals, Legendary characters--Portrayals
...onshore wind has been blowing. Greek ships at that time could not...men; Menelaus from Sparta, Nestor from Pylos, Achilles from...the army to disband. But the Greek high command has overborne...addresses him as King of all the Greeks. Now Agamemnon has to make...is neither alive nor dead. Greek tradition held that she was...
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Descending Spirit and Descending Gods: a "greek" Interpretation of the Spirit's "descent as a Dove" in Mark 1:10
Journal article by Edward P. Dixon; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 128, 2009
Subjects: Jewish literature, Spirituality
...bird imagery was a common way in Greek mythology to describe the general movement...38 III. MAKING MEANING WITH GREEK MYTHOLOGY In the introduction to this article...Individuals who were familiar with Greek mythology would have known that the Homeric...
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Love Rejected: Some Notes on the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh and the Greek Myth of Hippolytus
Journal article by Fumi Karahashi, Carolina López-Ruiz; Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 58, 2006
...enrich, or adorn a given Greek myth or epic narrative. In...merged with a preexisting mythology of the Poseidon-bull, and...the seashore. Also in Archaic Greek poetry, we find that Hesiod...probably invited the bull into the Greek myth. These elements of the...
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The Road Warrior and the Fall of Troy
Journal article by Thomas Dilworth; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 15, 1987
Subjects: Evacuations & rescues, Gasoline, Motion pictures, Mythology, Oil wells, Stainless steel
...which expands beyond the mythology of individuals to a...difficulty with the Greeks. The motorcycle gangs...to Agamemnon. Even Nestor is discernible in the...audience and his fellow Greeks laugh when he reaches...the sky on the films Greeks, and has used snakes...he corresponds to the Greek Odysseus. Like Homers...
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Ndowé Proverbs and Tales
Journal article by Enenge A'Bodjedi; Afro - Hispanic Review, Vol. 28, 2009
Subjects: Linguistics, Proverbs
...or "only thinking about oneself." In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a youth who was renowned...Piviya is the Ndowe equivalent of Nestor in Greek mythology. The precursor of Piviya and Nestor in the Nile Valley was Thoth, the Kemetian...
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David Horsley, Pioneer Picturemaker
Magazine article by Paul Mandell; American Cinematographer, Vol. 70, March 1989
...reorganized in 1910, the Nestor Film Company was born, another sly allusion to Greek mythology (it was the nestors...parent company logo, with Nestor as a brand for a stream...a living. Centaur/Nestor did brisk but paranoid...


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Homework for Grown-Ups; Everything You Learnt at School. but Can You Remember?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 28, 2009
...water moving from plants through the atmosphere 8. In Greek mythology, who was Helens husband before Paris stole her away to Troy? a) King Priam b) King Menelaus c) Nestor d) King Agamemnon 9. In sport, what does the French...


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encyclopedia articles on: Nestor in Greek Mythology  - 4 results

 
 
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Nestor , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NESTOR , in Greek mythology nes t r, in Greek mythology, wise king of Pylos; son of Neleus and father of Antilochus. In the Iliad, Nestor went with the Greeks to the Trojan War, and although he had lived three...
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Trojan War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TROJAN WAR in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy...led by the greatest Greek heroes Achilles, Patroclus...Diomed, Odysseus, Nestor, and the two warriors...For nine years the Greeks ravaged Troys surrounding...
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Antilochus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANTILOCHUS antil k s, in Greek mythology, young hero of the Trojan War, a favorite of Achilles. While protecting his father, Nestor, he was killed by Memnon. He was buried with Achilles and Patroclus...
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Meleager
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MELEAGER melea j r, hero in Greek mythology. He was the son of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and Althaea...Those who came included Castor and Pollux, Theseus, Jason, Nestor, and Atalanta. Meleager led the hunt, known as the Calydonian...


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