Nestor, you know, the wisest of the Achaeans, outlasted three genera- tions, Homer says: Il, 1, 250; Odyss. 3, 245. and he tells us that he was splendidly trained. in mind and in body. ‘Likewise Teiresias the seer outlasted six generations, tragedy says:The source is unknown. and one may well believe that a man consecrated to the gods, following a simpler diet, lives very long.