Nestor

Quartigod (about three-eighths divine — son of the demigod Neleus, son of Poseidon, by the quartigod Chloris, daughter of Amphion son of Zeus); the venerable Gerenian horseman of Pylos, oldest of the Achaean kings at Troy and the canonical voice of seasoned counsel. Sole survivor of the sack of Pylos by Heracles. Father of Antilochus and Thrasymedes (Trojan-War contingent) and Peisistratus.

Parentage

• Neleus
• Chloris

Children

• Antilochus
• Peisistratus
• Thrasymedes

Domains

• wisdom
• kingship
• horsemanship

Powers

• Gift of long life and seasoned counsel

Epithets

• Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ
• ἡδυεπής

Relations

• father: Neleus
• mother: Chloris
• sibling: Pero

Sources

• Homer Iliad (Pylian books, esp. 1, 2, 7, 11, 23); Homer Odyssey 3; Apollodorus 1.9.9; Hom. Od. 11.281-286
• Apollod. 1.9.9; Hom. Od. 11.281-286 (son of Neleus and Chloris daughter of Amphion)