Nestor

Wise elderly advisor

Nestor is a figure from Greek mythology, the aged king of Pylos who appears in Homer's Iliad as a wise counselor to the Greek forces at Troy.

His name has become synonymous with venerable wisdom and experience.

Nestor is also used as a given name. (Lowercase nestor refers to any wise elder.)

Homeric

Iliad

Ancient Greek war epic

Odysseus · Agamemnon · Patroclus · Achilles · Diomedes · Ajax · Priam · Hector · Helen · Troy

Opposites
age and experience

Nestorneophyte

Inexperienced beginner

hothead · novice · youth · Achilles · greenhorn

counsel and wisdom

Nestorfool

Unwise, gullible person

hothead · demagogue · ignoramus · know-nothing · firebrand

temperament in conflict

NestorAchilles

Greek hero, mortal heel

Ajax · Agamemnon · hothead · berserker · firebrand

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