Hesiod and Homerica

Nestor

First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

In The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae, Nestor was the son of Neleus and alone escaped when Heracles slew Neleus’s sons: “Nestor alone escaped in flowery Gerenon.” He was the father of Polycaste, described as Neleus’ son Nestor’s youngest daughter.

Relationship record

Life events

  • Nestor alone escaped when Heracles slew Neleus’s sons.(The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20 · 📍 Gerenon)
    • With: Neleus
    • “Nestor alone escaped in flowery Gerenon.”

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

  • parent: Neleus “the horsemen Gerenian Nestor chanced to be staying with the horse-taming Gerenians.”
  • child: Polycaste “So well-girded Polycaste, the youngest daughter of Nestor, Neleus’ son”

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