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Mentor

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Mentor, village, United States

Mentor, residential village (1990 pop. 47,358), Lake co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie; founded 1799, inc. 1855. James Garfield was living there when he was elected President, and his home, "Lawnfield," is preserved.

Mentor, in Greek mythology

Mentor (mĕn`tər, –tôr'), in Greek mythology, friend of Odysseus and tutor of Telemachus. On several occasions in the Odyssey, Athena assumes Mentor's form to give advice to Telemachus or Odysseus. His name is proverbial for a faithful and wise adviser.
mentor
Coach, counselor. See virtual mentoring.
Mentor
Odysseus’s adviser; entrusted with care and education of Telemachus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
See : Counsel
Mentor
Odysseus’s friend and advisor. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
See : Guidance
MENTOR - CAI language. "Computer Systems for Teaching Complex Concepts", Report 1742, BBN, Mar 1969.
Mentor 

in the Homeric poems, the friend of young Odysseus, to whom Odysseus entrusted his home when he departed for Troy. In The Odyssey, Athena appears in the shape of Mentor, giving advice to young Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, and helping Odysseus himself to punish the suitors of his wife, Penelope. In the figurative sense,“mentor”means a counselor or tutor, sometimes with a touch of irony.
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With these words he sat down, and Mentor {20} who had been a friend of Ulysses, and had been left in charge of everything with full authority over the servants, rose to speak.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
In the old story, my dear sir, Mentor sometimes surprised Telemachus.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
There, as it should be, the druggist is a counsellor, a confessor, an adviser, an able and willing missionary and mentor whose learning is respected, whose occult wisdom is venerated and whose medicine is often poured, untasted, into the gutter.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
 
 
 
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