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Encyclopedia > Nestor

The word may have one of the following meanings.

  • Nestor is also a archaeological site and a municipality in the west-southwestern part of Messenia
  • In the Star Trek universe, a Nestor is a legal advisor to the offender in Cardassian criminal trials. Unlike the defense lawyer, the Nestor is barred from directly addressing the tribunal.
  • In the book I, Robot and the movie I, Robot, Nestor is the common nickname of NS-series robots.

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Nestor (88 words)
He was the only one who was spared when Heracles slew his father and his brothers.
Nestor helped fight the centaurs, participated in the hunt for the Calydonian boar and was one of the Argonauts.
When he was already of advanced age, he still participated in the expedition against Troy, where he, as oldest of the Greek heroes, excelled in wisdom, eloquence, and bravery.
Nestor, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com (2096 words)
Nestor, whose father and brothers were killed by Heracles 1, was brought up among the Gerenians and later became the Leader of the Pylians against Troy.
Nestor survived this massacre because at the time he was being brought up in Gerenia, another city in Messenia, or because he took refuge there escaping the war.
But Nestor says that the war between Pylos and Elis took place after the invasion of Heracles 1, and that Neleus was still alive when this war, in which Nestor became a renowned warrior, took place.
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