Nestor This will be the greatest war the world has ever seen. We need the greatest warrior.
Played by John Shrapnel 
Troy (2004) · 116 quotes
Troy (2004) · 116 quotes
Tied for 9th most-quoted character in Troy (2004): in 5 of its 116 quotes
Most scenes with: Agamemnon (2)
Scenes with Nestor
5 scenes Nestor Nestor [in reference to Achilles]
How many battles have we won off the edge of his sword?
Nestor That man was born to end lives.
Prince? What prince? What son of a king would accept a man's hospitality, eat his food, drink his wine, embrace him in friendship, then steal his wife in the middle of the night?!
The sun was shining when your wife left you.
She's up there watching, isn't she? Good. I want her to watch you die.
Not yet, brother. Look around you, Hector. I brought all the warriors of Greece to your shores.
Nestor You can still save Troy, young prince.
I have two wishes. If you grant them, no more of your people need die. First, you must give Helen back to my brother. Second, Troy must submit to my command, to fight for me whenever I call.
You want me to look upon your army and tremble? Well I see them. I see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed.
Careful boy, my mercy has limits.
And I've seen the limits of your mercy, and I tell you now: no son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler.
Then every son of Troy... shall die!
Achilles makes a secret pact, and I have to honor it? What treason is this?! Consorting with the enemy king, giving him twelve days of peace! Peace, peace! Their prince is dead, their army is leaderless; this is the time to attack!
Nestor Even with Hector gone, we have no way to breach their walls. They can wait ten years for us to leave.
I will smash their walls to the ground, if it costs me 40,000 Greeks. Hear me, Zeus! I will smash their walls to the ground!
[The other Greek kings in the tent with Agamemnon look at each other nervously.]
