Front Cover -- Nestor -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Naming Nestor: The Muse at Pylos -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Typology of Elders -- 3. Name and Character -- 4. Naming Nestor -- 2. Nestor as AOIDOS: Narrative Authority -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Narrator as Prophet -- 3. The Muse at Pylos -- 4. A Fusion of Visions -- 3. Nestor as Intercessor: Figures of Mediation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ethos -- 3. Situation -- 4. Response -- 5. Ironic Mediation -- 4. Nestor as Host: Nostos and Hospitable Death -- 1. Introduction
2. Patroklos at the Threshold3. Telemakhos at Pylos -- 4. Nestor among the Sirens -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Passages Discussed -- General Index
