Nestor (Troilus and Cressida)

Play

Troilus and Cressida

Summary

The aged Greek counselor whose long experience of war lends him a certain authority in the Greek council scenes, though he tends to second Ulysses's arguments rather than originate strategy himself. He is a dignified figure of the elder statesman, representing continuity and traditional military values even as those values are shown to be hollow in the context of the play's satirical vision of the war.

Notable Quotations

"With due observance of thy godlike seat, / Great Agamemnon, Nestor shall apply / Thy latest words." *(I.iii)*

Cross-references

• Troilus and Cressida — the play
• Tragedies
• character_ulysses — whose counsel he supports
• character_agamemnon — the commander he serves