After Achilles, Ajax is the most valuable warrior in Agamemnon's army ( along with Diomedes ), though he is not as cunning as Nestor, Diomedes, Idomeneus, or Odysseus, he is much more powerful and just as intelligent.

This name is mentioned in the Viking sagas and the Chronicle of Nestor.

The world pillar hypothesis, originally developed by historian of religions Uno Harva and the linguist Eemil Nestor Setälä in the early 20th century, is the most widely accepted one.

The result is amusingly described by the chronicler Nestor.

The account of the labors of Saints Cyril and Methodius among the Slavic peoples is also very interesting, and to Nestor we owe the tale of the summary way in which Vladimir the Great suppressed the worship of Perun and other traditional gods at Kiev.

Each giant wields a distinctive weapon — an iron club in Ereuthalion ’ s case, a massive bronze spear in Goliath ’ s ; each giant, clad in armor, comes out of the enemy ’ s massed array to challenge all the warriors in the opposing army ; in each case the seasoned warriors are afraid, and the challenge is taken up by a stripling, the youngest in his family ( Nestor is the twelfth son of Neleus, David the seventh or eighth son of Jesse ).

In each case an older and more experienced father figure ( Nestor ’ s own father, David ’ s patron Saul ) tells the boy that he is too young and inexperienced, but in each case the young hero receives divine aid and the giant is left sprawling on the ground.

In the first book, The Black Dragon, it's mentioned that Tom is the son of Tom Swift Sr. and Mary Nestor.

The fifth series, " Tom Swift, Young Inventor ", returns Tom Swift to Shopton, New York, and Tom is the son of Tom Swift and Mary Nestor, the names of characters in the original Tom Swift series.

* 8th century-Homer tell that Polydamna supplied the Greek forces besieging Troy with healing drugs Homer also tells about battlefield surgery Idomeneus tells Nestor after Machaon had fallen: A surgeon who can cut out an arrow and heal the wound with his ointments is worth a regiment.

They go aboard a tramp steamer, the Rita, which is captained by a crusty old codger named Lucas ( Nestor Paiva ).

Telemachus first visits Nestor and is well received by the old man who regales him with stories of his father's glory.

However, when Ben refuses to have his gang appear at the upcoming annual Corley Motors shareholder's meeting as an " escort ", he is knocked out and thrown in a dumpster by Ripburger's henchmen, Nestor and Bolus.

* Nestor ( voiced by Maurice LaMarche ) is Malcolm Corley's driver, also in league with Ripburger, who describes him as the " smart one " of the two henchmen.

Apart from his outstanding fighting abilities and courage, Diomedes is on several crucial occasions shown to possess great wisdom, which is acknowledged and respected by his much older comrades, including Agamemnon and Nestor.

Although he was the youngest of all Achaean kings, he is considered the most experienced leader by some scholars ( he had fought more battles than others, including the most important war expedition before the Trojan War – even old Nestor had not participated in such military work ).

When the envoys returned, Diomedes criticized Nestor ’ s decision and Achilles ' pride saying that Achilles ’ personal choice of leaving Troy is of no importance ( therefore, trying to change it with gifts is useless ).

The Kea (; ; Nestor notabilis ) is a large species of parrot ( superfamily Strigopoidea ) found in forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand.

The genus Nestor is one of two genera of the family Nestoridae.

" This noble man ," he writes in the Glasse for Europe, in the second part of Euphues ( 1580 ), " I found so ready being but a straunger to do me good, that neyther I ought to forget him, neyther cease to pray for him, that as he hath the wisdom of Nestor, so he may have the age, that having the policies of Ulysses he may have his honor, worthy to lyve long, by whom so many lyve in quiet, and not unworthy to be advaunced by whose care so many have been preferred.

Therefore Nestor should be viewed as a good counselor because of the qualities he possesses as described in his introduction in Book 1 – as a man of " sweet words ," a " clear-voiced orator ," and whose voice " flows sweeter than honey.

" These are elements that make up Nestor, and they parallel the elements that Homer describes as part of a good counselor at Iliad 3. 150 – 152.

Therefore, " the definition tells us that Nestor, as a good advisor, possesses the three features ... that it designates.

Soon after, she became involved with Jonas Rey ( Nestor Carbonell ), a local self-made millionaire with a good heart but a large soulless corporation.

( Nestor Carbonell ) A local self-made billionaire with a good heart but a large soulless corporation.

Following Moustache's advice, Nestor admits to having killed Lord X, but only because of his love for Irma.

For example, when Patroclus comes to Nestor for advice in Book 11, Nestor persuades him that it is urgent for him to disguise himself as Achilles.

It is interesting to note that Homer offers contradictory portrayals of Nestor as a source of advice.

On one hand, Homer portrays Nestor as a wise man ; Nestor repeatedly offers advice to the Achaeans that has been claimed to be anachronistic in Homer's time – for example, arranging the armies by tribes and clans or effectively using chariots in battle.

Some examples include Nestor accepting without question the dream Zeus plants in Agamemnon in Book 2 and urging the Achaeans to battle, instructing the Achaeans in Book 4 to use spear techniques that in actuality would be disastrous, and in Book 11 giving advice to Patroclus that ultimately leads to his death.

Among these are Admetus, who assisted in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar ; Adonis ; Corythus ; and Nestor, who was said to have been loved for his wisdom.

In his Pumpkinification ( 54 ) he ridiculed several behaviors and policies of Claudius that every Stoic should have applauded ; a reading of the text shows it was also an attempt to gain Nero's favor by flattery — such as proclaiming that Nero would live longer and be wiser than the legendary Nestor.

" Nestor responded, " Son of Tydeus, though Hector say that you are a coward the Trojans and Dardanians will not believe him, nor yet the wives of the mighty warriors whom you have laid low.

Recent phylogenetic studies have confirmed the unique position of this genus as well as the closeness to the Kākā and the Kea, both belonging to the New Zealand parrot genus Nestor.

He is said to have continued the work of St Nestor the Chronicler and written nine Lives of the holy saints of the Kiev Caves.

A pseudonym for Michael Nestor, currently a neuroscience Ph. D., and a member of The Seldon Plan Pupa's Window was formed in 1995 as a way to document recording processes and has released over 18 home-recorded records, some of which have received critical acclaim.

:" Homer's Nestor was not well skilled in ordering an army when he advised the Greeks to rank tribe and tribe ... he should have joined lovers and their beloved.

Cracks have already appeared in the church's foundation, resulting with the fact that a special committee was set up by the Minister of Emergency Situations Nestor Shufrich.

She becomes fearful of him and is hostile towards Richard Alpert ( Nestor Carbonell ), Miles and Frank Lapidus ( Jeff Fahey ) when she believes that they have been sent to kill her.

Their first son William James Hayman was born 2 November 2004 They have another son Nestor John Sturges Montagu born 17 October 2006.

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Nestor advised Diomedes to turn back since no person should try to transgress Zeus ’ will.

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In the Iliad it is noted that no one could arrange chariots and shield-bearing warriors in battle orders better than Menestheus, and that only Nestor could vie with him in that respect.

The United States Supreme Court decided in Flemming v. Nestor ( 1960 ) that no one has an accrued property right to benefits from Social Security.

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Played by Nestor Carbonell, Batmanuel has no obvious superpowers or extraordinary physical abilities, although he still " gets a lot of press ".

In the following four years, eight volumes were published, and after the death of Rosellini on June 4, 1843 in Pisa, the nine volumes of text comprised no less than 3, 300 pages, while the atlas contained 390 large plates by the artists Giuseppe Angelelli, Salvatore Cherubini, Nestor L ' Hote and Gaetano Rosellini.

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