person
Nestor
King of Pylos; when Hercules sacked Pylos he wounded Hades himself there, who then feared to die.
Reading notes
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §3 Nestor
The aged Greek king of Pylos in Homer, who lived three generations; another byword for long life.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §9.77.20 Nestor's
Nestor, the aged king of Pylos in Homer, proverbially the longest-lived of the Greeks at Troy --- yet measured against eternity, Seneca says, even his life is short.
- Hercules (Mad) §576 Nestor's Pylos
Pylos, Nestor's city; there Hercules wounded Hades himself, who then feared to die.