Nestor

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Nestor a king of Pylos in the Peloponnese, who in old age led his subjects to the Trojan War. His wisdom and eloquence were proverbial.

Nestor

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Nestor name of a Homeric hero famous for his age and wisdom, used allus. for a wise old man. XVI.

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