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How old was Nestor? - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange In the Iliad Nestor is noted to have been king of Pylos for 2 generations and starting on his third This would mean that Nestor was more than 60 years old when the Trojan War started and my guess is between 70 and 80 since he was young when Herakles asked Neleus (Nestor's father) to cleanse him of a blood-debt
How much time is a generation in the odyssey and Iliad? Prompted by the question How old was Nestor is there any reference to how much Homer considered a generation to be? I cannot seem to find any good reference that is reliable and sourced correctly, most sites in my search results have varying numbers but no specific sources or pages to consult on whether their interpretation is the correct one
greek - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange Nestor; Nireus; Perithoas; Philoctetes; Phrix; Sostratus; Nowhere it is mentioned that Eurystheus and Heracles were lovers, neigh, had feeling for each other Hence the probability of Eurystheus being one of Heracles' lovers is ruled out sources: Wikipedia Hellenica
Frequent odyssey Questions - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange Q A for enthusiasts and scholars of mythology and folklore Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
Why does Achilles put up with Agamemnons abuse? Because Athena forbids it, and says he will be rewarded if he obeys From the Iliad book 1: While Agamemnon spoke, the son of Peleus was gnawed by pain, and the heart in his shaggy breast was torn; whether to draw the sharp blade at his side, scatter the crowd, and kill the son of Atreus, or curb his wrath and restrain his spirit
Odysseus raid on the Cicones at Ismaros (Odyssey Book 9 lines 40-66) 4 b Trojan women slaves While not explicitly stated in the Odyssey, it is surely implied that there will be some on Odysseus' ships Indeed, in Book 3 lines 152-3, Nestor describes the departure of the victorious Greeks, including Odysseus, from Troy: ' dragged our ships down to the sea piled high with loot and women'
greek - How did Homer describe Mycenae? - Mythology Folklore Stack . . . About your first question, there are no mentions of that Perseus in the Odyssey, but of another Perseus that was son of Nestor and Eurydice (or Anaxibia) And in the Iliad there's no link of Perseus with Mycenae, but there it is with Argos:
Did anyone make it to the Isles of the Blessed? Yes, there are several specifically named characters in this role Aaron Atsma's website The Theoi Project has a page thereon entitled Elysion [Elysium], detailing the geography (or, actually, different geographies according to the variety of writers from diverse periods in ancient Greek mythography) and citizenship of the Mythic Realm (he has a whole series of pages on the different "Mythic
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