Nestor : son of Neleus; an aged statesman & counsellor, he was the lord of West Messenia, his home being Pylos.
... to rouse the kings and heroes of the various domains of Greece, and it took ten whole years to gather the Greek army. Among those who joined were Odysseus, king of Ithaca, Achilles of Phthia, Nestor, king of Pylos; Diomedes, the hero of Aetolia, Ajax, the Telamonian, Ajax the Lorcian, Idas, king of Crete and Idomeneus. When the fleet was ready for the departure in the harbour of Aulis, the... his queen and his son. It may be mentioned that earlier, Telemachus, who was anxious to find out what had happened to his father had embarked upon the sea in search of his father. He had visited Nestor at Pylus and Menelaus at Sparta; neither of them was able to tell him where to find his father. At that point, Homer has painted an attractive picture of Helen subtle and subdued, but still divinely ...
... implacable passion Felt Odysseus' strength and rose up clay to his counsels. King Agamemnon rose at his word, the wide-ruling monarch, Rose at his word the Cretan and Locrian, Thebes and Epirus, Nestor rose, the time-tired hoary chief of the Pylians. Round Agamemnon the Atreid Europe surged in her chieftains Forth from their tent on the shores of the Troad, splendid in armour, Into the golden... Many and mighty they came over the beaches loud of the Aegean, Roots of an infant world and the morning stars of this Europe, Great Agamemnon's kingly port and the bright Menelaus, Tall Idomeneus, Nestor, Odysseus Atlas-shouldered, Helmeted Ajax, his chin of the beast and his eyes of the dreamer. Over the sands they dispersed to their armies ranked by the Ocean. But from the Argive front Acirrous... Forth from the line of the leaguer that skirted the far-sounding waters, Ranked behind Tydeus' son and the Spartan, bright Menelaus, Ithaca's chief and Epeus, Idomeneus lord of the Cretans, Acamas, Nestor, Neleus' son, and the brave Ephialtus, Prothous, Meges, Leitus the bold and the king Prothoënor, Page 440 Wise Alceste's son and the Lemnian, stern Philoctetes, These and unnumbered ...
... fight bravely, and separate at nightfall with exchange of praise and gifts — a flower of courtesy floating on a sea of blood. (VIII) After a day of Trojan victories, Hector bids his warriors rest. (IX) Nestor, King of Elian Pylus, advises Agamemnon to restore Briseis to Achilles; he agrees and promises Achilles half of Greece if he will rejoin the siege; but Achilles continues to pout. (X) Odysseus and ...
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