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Nestor

In Greek mythology, a wise old king of Pylos who accompanied the Greeks to and from Troy and offered them valuable advice.



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`(Heracles) slew the noble sons of steadfast Neleus, eleven of them; but the twelfth, the horsemen Gerenian Nestor chanced to be staying with the horse-taming Gerenians.
Mary Nestor, a girl of Shopton, might also be mentioned.
Wit and humor escaped from her scarlet lips, like persuasion from the lips of Nestor of old.
 
 
 
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