Nestor

Fights in the Trojan War as an old man. Serves as an advisor to the Greek forces.

Genealogy

Chloris

Neleus

Alastor, Asterius, Deimachus, Epilaus, Eurybius, Eurymenes, Evagoras, Periclymenus, Pero, Phrasius, Pylaon, Taurus

Anaxibia

Antilochus, Aretus, Echephron, Perseus, Pisistratus, Pisidice, Polycaste, Stratichus, Thrasymedes

Groups
  1. Sons of Neleus
  2. Trojan War
Places
  1. Aepy
  2. Alpheus River
  3. Amphigenea
  4. Arene
  5. Cyparisseis
  6. Dorium
  7. Gerenia
  8. Helos
  9. Pteleum
  10. Pylos
  11. Thryum
  12. Troy
  13. Unknown
Events
  1. Neleus marries Chloris and has children
  2. Hercules kills sons of Neleus
  3. Nestor is raised among the Gerenians
  4. Nestor brought up by the Gerenians
  5. Agamemnon discusses his dream message in a meeting with the Greek leaders
  6. Agamemnon announces his plan to test the Greek army with a false instruction to return home
  7. Nestor exhorts the Greek army to remain at Troy and continue to prosecute the war
  8. Nestor advises Agamemnon to split the Greek army into clan-groups
  9. The Greek army goes back to their camps to rest before battle
  10. Agamemnon sacrifices a bull to Zeus
  11. Agamemnon prays to Zeus that he might kill Hector
  12. Nestor advises Agamemnon they should begin fighting right away
  13. Nestor and the Pylians send ships to Troy
  14. Nestor urges Achilles and Agamemnon to get along
  15. Nestor prepares the Pylians to fight the Trojans
  16. Agamemnon and Nestor regret that Nestor is too old to fight
  17. Nestor rallies the Argives against the Trojans
  18. Nestor kills Ereuthalion
  19. Nestor tells Agamemnon, Diomedes, the two Ajaxes, Idomeneus, Meriones, Eurypylus, Thoas, and Odysseus to cast lots to decide who will be the Achaean champion
  20. Nestor urges Agamemnon and the other Achaean chieftains to collect and burn their dead
  21. Paris injures Nestor’s horse
  22. Hector attacks Nestor
  23. Diomedes asks Odysseus to help him defend Nestor
  24. Diomedes attempts to rescue Nestor from Hector’s onslaught
  25. Diomedes and Nestor attack Hector
  26. Nestor reasons with Diomedes to retreat
  27. Nestor asks Agamemnon to hold a feast for his councilors to hear their opinions about the war
  28. Nestor reprimands Agamemnon for offending Achilles and urges Agamemnon to appease him
  29. Nestor sends Phoenix, Ajax, Odysseus, Odios, and Eurybates to tell Achilles of the gifts which Agamemnon is offering
  30. Agamemnon seeks out Nestor and asks him for guidance
  31. Nestor goes out among the Achaean ships and wakes Odysseus and Diomedes
  32. Diomedes, Meriones, Thrasymedes, and the rest of the chiefs of the Achaeans come together in council
  33. Nestor asks the chiefs of the Achaeans for a volunteer to spy on the Trojans
  34. Odysseus tells Nestor how Diomedes killed Rhesus, the Thracian king, twelve of his men, and a Trojan scout
  35. Nestor takes Machaon back to the Achaean ships
  36. Achilles sends Patroclus to ask about the injured warrior on Nestor’s chariot
  37. The Achaeans give Hecamede to Nestor
  38. Patroclus confirms that the injured warrior on Nestor’s chariot was Machaon
  39. Nestor criticizes Achilles’ disregard for the Achaeans
  40. Nestor kills Itymoneus
  41. Hercules kills all the best men of Pylos, except Nestor
  42. Nestor kills Moulios
  43. Nestor reminds Patroclus of the responsibility his father Menoitios charged him with before leaving for Troy
  44. Nestor tells Patroclus to lead the Myrmidons to battle if Achilles will not
  45. Patroclus relays Nestor’s message
  46. Nestor investigates the sounds of fighting by the Greek ships
  47. Nestor, joined by Diomedes and Odysseus, seeks out Agamemnon on the battlefield
  48. Nestor suggests that he, Agamemnon, Diomedes and Odysseus should avoid joining the battle due to their injuries
  49. Diomedes rallies the Achaean princes to fight the Trojans despite their injuries
  50. Nestor prays to Zeus not to grant victory to the Trojans
  51. Nestor tries to rally the Achaeans to stand against the Trojans
  52. Funeral Games of Patroclus - Chariot race: Achilles gifts the fifth prize to Nestor
  53. Nestor boasts of his strength and skill as a youth
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.9
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.3
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.8
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.12
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.1
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 245
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 20
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 50
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 55
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 75
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 335
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 370
  13. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 405
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 430
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 555
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 600
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 292
  18. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 310
  19. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 317
  20. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 561
  21. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 28
  22. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 66
  23. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 120
  24. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 161
  25. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 181
  26. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 313
  27. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 78
  28. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 94
  29. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 97
  30. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 112
  31. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 130
  32. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 151
  33. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 184
  34. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 50
  35. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 79
  36. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 89
  37. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 163
  38. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 173
  39. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 1
  40. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 42
  41. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 72
  42. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 87
  43. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 102
  44. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 127
  45. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 131
  46. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 153
  47. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 168
  48. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 203
  49. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 218
  50. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 526
  51. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 540
  52. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 554
  53. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 497
  54. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 509
  55. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 515
  56. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 596
  57. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 618
  58. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 629
  59. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 655
  60. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 742
  61. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 837
  62. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 383
  63. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 1
  64. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 27
  65. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 52
  66. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 64
  67. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 367
  68. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 377
  69. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 653
  70. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 316
  71. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 17, Section 366
  72. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 17, Section 648
  73. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 238
  74. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 309
  75. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 301
  76. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 349
  77. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 401
  78. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 539
  79. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 612
  80. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 624
  81. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 651
  82. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 754
  83. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.2
  84. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.7
  85. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.8
  86. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 26.10
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