I
Neleus
Founder of sandy Pylos after his banishment from Iolcus; father of Nestor and the Neleid house.1
II
Nestor
Survivor of Heracles' sack; old king of Pylos who counselled the Achaeans at Troy with ninety ships.2
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the spine ignites as you read · the reign index on the card follows your place · starred rulers link to their codices
HER SKY
a mini-galaxy of 27 dwellers
the sky drifts, waiting
MYTHS SET HERE
7 tales walk these walls
Menelaus in EgyptWhence Telemachus came to SpartaNestor at PylosSandy kingdom where the safe nostos endedPhiloctetes to ItalyWhere Nestor counted him among the safeThe Exile of DiomedesNestor's safe harbour by contrastThe NostoiNestor's safe harbour
THE SPINDLE OF MYTHS →… and 2 more
ON THE MAP
in Messenia — Peloponnese
Coordinates: Pleiades gazetteer, CC BY · place 570640