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Nestor
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- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Anaxibia
- Father
- Neleus
- Mother
- Chloris
- Sibling
- Periclymenus
- Conflict
- Trojan War
- Image
- Sacrifice Nestor Pylos Meleager Painter MAN.jpg
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- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Nestor (mythology)
- present in work
- Iliad
- different from
- Nestor
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
- name in native language
- Νέστωρ
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Encyclopedic overview
According to some sources, this cup shows Hecamede mixing kykeon for Nestor. Tondo of an Attic red-figure cup, c. 490 BC. From Vulci. A Roman mosaic probably depicting Nestor, between Achilles and Briseis, 2nd century
In Greek mythology, Nestor of Gerenia (Ancient Greek: Νέστωρ Γερήνιος, romanized: Nestōr Gerēnios) was a legendary king of Pylos. He is a prominent secondary character in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, where he appears as an elderly warrior who frequently offers advice to the other characters.
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