Nestor
（
Νέστωρ).
1. Of Laranda in Lycia according to Suidas, in Lycaonia according to Strabo and Stephanus Byzantinus.
He lived in the reign of the emperor Severus, between A. D. 194 and 211.
Works
He is mentioned by Suidas (
s. v.) as an epic poet. We infer from Stephanus Byzantinus (
s. v. Υ̓στάσπαι) that he wrote a poem called
Ἀλεξανδρείας, "On the deeds of
Alexander," to which Suidas probably refers. Suidas also mentions that he was the father of the poet Peisander. Tryphiodorus, as we learn from Eustathius in the prooemium to the
Odyssey, wrote an Odyssey
λειπογράμματον, wanting the letter
ς throughout. Similarly, Nestor, we learn from Suidas, wrote the
Iliad, omitting in each book the letter indicating its number, as in the first book, the letter a, in the second, the letter
β, and so on with the rest.
He wrote also a poem entitled
Μεταμορφώσεις. Four fragments of his writings are inserted in the Anthologia Graeca (vol. iii. p. 54, ed. Jacobs).
The fourth of these epigrams has point, and rebukes men for attempting poetry who are unskilled in the art.
The last line has passed into the proverb of Erasmus,
Equitandi peritus ne canas.
Further Information
Fabric.
Bibl. Graec. vol. i. pp. 134, 517, iii. p. 46, iv. p. 483; Jacobs,
Anth. Graec. vol. iii. p. 54, vol. xiii. p. 921; Suid. Steph.
ll. cc. 
