Nestor
Nestor, a mythical king of Pylus, who outlived three generations
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Nestorisque Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular of Nestor
- = Νέστωρ, a son of Neleus, and king of Pylus, famous among the heroes before Troy for his wisdom and eloquence. He is said to have lived through three generations of men: ipsi Agamemnoni, regi regum, fuit honestum, habere aliquem in consiliis capiendis Nestorem, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 2; cf. id. Sen. 10, 31; id. Tusc. 5, 3, 7: licet eloquio fidum quoque Nestora vincat, Ov. M. 13, 63; Prop. 2, 10, 46 (3, 5, 30); cf. Hor. C. 2, 9, 13; Tib. 4, 1, 49.—Nestoris aetas, the age of Nestor, prov. for a long life, Mart. 2, 64, 3; cf. id. 7, 96, 7; 5, 58, 5 al.: vivat Pacuvius, quaeso, vel Nestora totum, i.e. a whole life of Nestor, Juv. 12, 128.—Hence,
- II Nestŏrĕus, a, um, adj., of Nestor: senecta, Mart. 9, 30, 1; Stat. S. 1, 3, 110.
(Νέστωρ), a son of Neleus and Chloris of Pylos in Triphylia, and husband of Eurydice (or, according to others, of Auaxibia, the daughter of Cratieus), by whom he became the father of Peisidice, Polycaste, Perseus, Stratius, Aretus, Echephron, Peisistratus, Antilochus, and Thrasymedes. (Hom. Od. 3.413, &c., 452, 464, 11.285, &c.; Apollod. 1.9.9.) With regard to Anaxibia having been his wife, we are informed by Eustathius (ad Hom. p. 296), that after the death of Eurydice, Nestor married Anaxibia, the daughter of Atreus, and sister of Agamemnon; but this Anaxibia is elsewhere described as the wife of Strophius, and the mother of Pylades. (Paus. 2.29.4.) When Heracles invaded the country of Neleus, and slew his sons, Nestor alone was spared, because at the time he was not at Pylos, but among the Gerenians, where he had taken refuge. (Hom. Il. 11.692; Apollod. 2.7.3; Paus. 3.26.6.) This story is connected with another about the friendship between Heracles and Nestor, for the latter is said to have taken no part in the carrying off from Heracles the oxen of Geryones; and Heracles rewarded Nestor by giving to him Messene, and became more attached to him even than to Hylas and Abderus. Nestor, on the other hand, is said to have introduced the custom of swearing by Heracles. (Philostr. Her. 2; comp. Ov. Met. 12.540, &c.; Paus. 4.3.1, who states that Nestor inhabited Messenia after the death of the sons of Aphareus.) When a young man, Nestor was distinguished as a warrior, and, in a war with the Arcadians, he slew Ereuthalion. (Hom. Il. 4.319, 7.133, &c., 23.630, &c.) In the war with the Eleians, he killed Itymoneus, and took from them large flocks of cattle. (11.670.) \When, after this, the Eleians laid siege to Thryoessa, Nestor, without the warsteeds of his father, went out on foot, and gained a glorious victory. (11.706, &c.) He also took part in the tight of the Lapithae against the Centaurs (1.260, &c.), and is mentioned among the Calydonian hunters and the Argonauts (Ov. Met. 8.313; V. Fl. 1.380); but he owes his fame chiefly to the Homeric poems, in which his share in the Trojan war is immortalized. After having, in conjunction with Odysseus, prevailed upon Achilles and Patroclus to join the Greeks against Troy, he sailed with his Pylians in sixty ships to Asia. (Il. 2.591, &c., 11.767.) At Troy lie took part in all the most important events that occurred, both in the council and in the field of battle. Agamemnon through Nestor became reconciled with Achilles, and therefore honoured him highly; and whenever he was in any difficulty, he applied for advice to Nestor. (2.21, 10.18.) In the picture which Homer draws of him, the most striking features are his wisdom, justice, bravery, knowledge of war, his eloquence, and his old age. (Od. 3.126, &c., 244, 24.52, Il. 1.273, 2.336, 361, 370, &c., 7.325, 9.104, 10.18, 11.627.) He is said to have ruled over three generations of men, so that his advice and authority were deemed equal to that of the immortal gods. (Od. 3.245, Il. 1.250; comp. Hyg. Fab. 10.) In this sense we have also to understand the tria saecula, which he is said by Latin writers to have ruled. (Gellius, 19.7; Cic. De Senect. 10; Hor. Carm. 2.9.13; Ov. Met. 12.158.) But, notwithstanldim, his advanced age, he was brave and bold in battle, and distinguished above all others for drawing up horses and men in battle array. After the fall of Troy he, together with Menelaus and Diomedes, returned home, and safely arrived in Pylos (Od. 3.165, &c.), where Zeus granted to him the full enjoyment of old age, surrounded by intelligent and brave sons. (Od. 4.209, &c.) In this condition he was found by Telemachus, who visited him to inquire after his father, and was hospitably received by him. The town of Pylos in Messenia claimed to be the city of Nestor; and, when Pausanias visited it, the people showed to him the house in which Nestor was believed to have lived. (Paus. 4.3.4, 36.2.) In the temple of Messene at Messene he was represented in a painting with two of his sons, and he was also seen in the painting of Polygnotus in the Lesche at Delphi. (Paus. 4.31.9, 10.25, in fin.; Philostr. Her. 2.) [L.S]
(Νέστωρ).
1. Of Laranda in Lycia according to Suidas, in Lycaonia according to Strabo and Stephanus Byzantinus. He lived in the reign of the emperor Severus, between A. D. 194 and 211. Works
He is mentioned by Suidas (s. v.) as an epic poet. We infer from Stephanus Byzantinus (s. v. Υ̓στάσπαι) that he wrote a poem called Ἀλεξανδρείας, "On the deeds of Alexander," to which Suidas probably refers. Suidas also mentions that he was the father of the poet Peisander. Tryphiodorus, as we learn from Eustathius in the prooemium to the Odyssey, wrote an Odyssey λειπογράμματον, wanting the letter ς throughout. Similarly, Nestor, we learn from Suidas, wrote the Iliad, omitting in each book the letter indicating its number, as in the first book, the letter a, in the second, the letter β, and so on with the rest. He wrote also a poem entitled Μεταμορφώσεις. Four fragments of his writings are inserted in the Anthologia Graeca (vol. iii. p. 54, ed. Jacobs). The fourth of these epigrams has point, and rebukes men for attempting poetry who are unskilled in the art. The last line has passed into the proverb of Erasmus, Equitandi peritus ne canas. Further Information
Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. i. pp. 134, 517, iii. p. 46, iv. p. 483; Jacobs, Anth. Graec. vol. iii. p. 54, vol. xiii. p. 921; Suid. Steph. ll. cc.
2. A stoical philosopher of Tarsus. (Strab. xiv. p.674.)
3. An academic philosopher, preceptor of Marcellus, son of Octavia. Marcellus died B. C. 23. (Strab. lib. xiv. p. 675; Clinton, F. H. vol. iii. pp. 237, 548.) [W.M.G]
- , Νέστωρ, a mythical king of Pylus, who outlived three generations, C., H., V., O., Iu.—Prov.: vivere Nestora totum, three generations, Iu.
(Νέστωρ). Son of Neleus and Chloris, ruler of the Messenian and Triphylian Pylus, and later also, after the extinction of the royal family there, of Messenia. He was married to Eurydicé, by whom he had seven sons and two daughters. He was the only one of twelve sons of Neleus who escaped being slain by Heracles, since he was, it is said, living at the time among the Gerenians in Messenia, from whom he derives the name Γερήνιος, given him in Homer. After this disaster, the king of the Epeans, Augeas, illegally kept back a fourhorse chariot which Neleus had sent to Elis to compete in a contest. Nestor , as yet hardly a youth, retaliated by driving off the herds of the Epeans; upon which the latter with a large army besieged the Pylian fortress of Thyroessa on the Eurotas. Nestor formed one of the relieving army, serving as a foot-soldier, owing to his father's having, from regard to his youth, had the war-horses concealed from him. He slew in battle Augeas's son-in-law, and, fighting from the dead man's chariot, won a most brilliant victory, so that the Pylians offered thanks to him among men just as they offered them to Zeus among the gods. In like manner in the war against the Arcadians, when he was the youngest of all the combatants, he killed the gigantic and much-dreaded hero Ereuthalion. He also took an important part in the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapithae, and is mentioned as among the Argonauts (Val. Flac. i. 380). In old age, when he was ruling over the third generation of his people, he was involved in the expedition against Troy, owing, as the story went, to the obligation incurred by his son Antilochus as a suitor of Helen; with Odysseus he gained the help of Achilles and Patroclus for the undertaking, and himself sailed, in the company of his sons Antilochus and Thrasymedes, with ninety ships to the seat of war at Ilium. Here, according to Homer, “ Nestor the horseman,” in spite of his great age, took a prominent part among the heroes in council and battle alike: the qualities which adorned him were wisdom, justice, eloquence, “from his lips flows language sweeter than honey” (Il. i. 248), experience in war, unwearied activity, and courage. All valued and loved him, and none more than Agamemhon, who wished that he had ten such counsellors: in which case, he said, Troy would soon fall (Il. ii. 372). He is so great a favourite with Homer that in ancient times it was conjectured that the poet was himself a native of Pylos. After the destruction of Troy he returned in safety with his son Thrasymedes to Pylos, Antilochus (q.v.) having for the sake of his father, who was in sore peril, sacrificed his own life in battle against Memnon. Ten years afterwards, Telemachus found him still at Pylos, amidst his children, in the enjoyment of a cheerful and prosperous old age. On the “cup of Nestor ,” see toreutice.
- the Homeric hero, ancestor of Pisistratus: Hdt. 5.65
- son of Neleus: Paus. 4.3.1, Apollod. 1.9.9, Apollod. 2.7.2
- brought up among the Gerenians: Paus. 3.26.8, Apollod. 1.9.9, Apollod. 2.7.2
- succeeds to kingdom of Messenia: Paus. 4.3.1
- receives Messenia in trust from Herakles: Paus. 2.18.7
- marries Anaxibia: Apollod. 1.9.9
- father of Antilochus: Apollod. 3.10.7
- son of Neleus and Chloris, leader of the Pylians against Troy: Apollod. E.3.11
- admonishes Agamemnon and Achilles: Paus. 10.29.10
- tends wounded Machaon: Paus. 4.3.2
- brings back bones of Machaon: Paus. 3.26.10
- has a prosperous voyage from Troy: Apollod. E.5.23
- talks with Telemachus: Paus. 10.25.2
- his house and tomb at Pylos: Paus. 4.3.7, Paus. 4.36.2
- cave in which his cows were stalled: Paus. 4.36.2
- portraits of: Paus. 4.31.11, Paus. 4.36.2, Paus. 5.25.8, Paus. 10.25.11
- his sons Thrasymedes and Antilochus: Paus. 4.31.11
- his descendants expelled from Messenia by Heraclids: Paus. 2.18.8