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Mentor
In Greek mythology, Mentor was the son of Alcimus or Anchialus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus who placed Mentor and Odysseus' foster-brother Eumaeus in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus' palace, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War.When Athena visited Telemachus she...

was the tutor of Telemachus in Greek mythology.

Mentor may also refer to:
  • Mentorship
    Mentorship
    Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person....

    , the developmental relationship between a more experienced mentor and a less experienced partner referred to as a mentee or protégé

People and fictional characters

  • In Greek mythology:
    • Mentor, the son of Heracles
      Heracles
      Heracles ,born Alcaeus or Alcides , was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus...

       and Asopis, daughter of Thespius
    • Mentor, one of the sons of Eurystheus
      Eurystheus
      In Greek mythology, Eurystheus was king of Tiryns, one of three Mycenaean strongholds in the Argolid, although other authors including Homer and Euripides cast him as ruler of Argos: Sthenelus was his father and the "victorious horsewoman" Nicippe his mother, and he was a grandson of the hero...

    • Mentor, son of Imbrus, an ally of the Trojans
  • In fiction:
    • Mentor of Arisia
      Mentor of Arisia
      Mentor of Arisia is a fictional alien from the planet Arisia in Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith's Lensman series. Mentor is actually a fusion of the four Arisian minds known to Arisians as The Moulders of Civilization, and were individually responsible for protecting the nascent civilizations of Sol...

      , the extraterrestrial force responsible for guiding humanity to maturity in E. E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series
    • two Marvel Comics characters that go by the name Mentor
      • Mentor (comics)
        Mentor (comics)
        Mentor is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Mentor first appeared in [Uncanny] X-Men #107-109 as a member of the Shi'ar Imperium's Imperial Guard and was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum.The character subsequently appears in The Uncanny X-Men #157 , ROM...

      • A'lars
        A'lars
        Mentor is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, who first appeared in Iron Man vol. 1 #55, and was created by Jim Starlin.Mentor is the leader of the Titanian colony. His back-story was based on Greek mythology...

  • In history:
    • Mentor of Rhodes
      Mentor of Rhodes
      Mentor of Rhodes was a Greek mercenary who fought both for and against Artaxerxes III of Persia. He is also known as the first husband of Barsine, who later became mistress to Alexander the Great....

      , a Greek mercenary
    • "Mentor", the pseudonym of Loyd Blankenship
      Loyd Blankenship
      Loyd Blankenship has been a well-known American computer hacker and writer since the 1970s, when he was a member of the hacker groups Extasyy Elite and Legion of Doom....

      , a famous hacker

Places

In the United States:
  • Mentor, Indiana
    Mentor, Indiana
    Mentor is an unincorporated town in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, Indiana....

  • Mentor, Kansas
    Mentor, Kansas
    Mentor is a small unincorporated town situated about 3 miles south of Salina in Saline County, Kansas, United States. As a part of Saline County, the community is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town is located at and has an elevation of ....

  • Mentor, Kentucky
    Mentor, Kentucky
    Mentor is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 193 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Mentor is located at ....

  • Mentor, Minnesota
    Mentor, Minnesota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 150 people, 82 households, and 45 families residing in the city. The population density was 79.3 people per square mile . There were 102 housing units at an average density of 53.9 per square mile...

  • Mentor, Ohio
    Mentor, Ohio
    As of the census of 2000, there were 50,278 people, 18,797 households, and 14,229 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,878.2 people per square mile . There were 19,301 housing units at an average density of 721.0 per square mile...

    , the largest city with this name
    • Mentor High School
  • Mentor, Wisconsin
    Mentor, Wisconsin
    Mentor is a town in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 570 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Humbird is located in the town.-Geography:...


  • Mentor Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan
    Mentor Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan
    Mentor Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 781 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Mentor Township, Oscoda County, Michigan
    Mentor Township, Oscoda County, Michigan
    Mentor Township is a civil township of Oscoda County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,220 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...


  • Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio
    Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio
    Mentor-on-the-Lake is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,127 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mentor-on-the-Lake is located at ....


Other uses

  • Mentor, a line of minicomputers running the Pick operating system
    Pick operating system
    The Pick operating system is a demand-paged, multiuser, virtual memory, time-sharing operating system based around a unique "multivalued" database. Pick is used primarily for business data processing...

     and produced by Applied Digital Data Systems
    Applied Digital Data Systems
    Applied Digital Data Systems, or ADDS, was a leading supplier of high-quality video display computer terminals, founded in 1969 by Leeam Lowin and William J. Catacosinos. Lowin simultaneously founded Solid State Data Sciences...

     in the 1980s
  • Mentor (statistics)
    Mentor (statistics)
    Mentor is a flexible and sophisticated statistical analysis system produced by CfMC. It specializes in the tabulation and graphical display of market and opinion research data, and is integrated with their Survent data collection software....

    , a statistical analysis software program made by CfMC
  • MENTOR (algorithm)
    MENTOR routing algorithm
    The MENTOR routing algorithm is an algorithm for use in routing of mesh networks, specifically pertaining to their initial topology. It was developed in 1991 by Aaron Kershenbaum, Parviz Kermani, and George A. Grove and was published by the IEEE.-Complexity:...

    , a routing algorithm for mesh networks topology
  • Mentor Graphics
    Mentor Graphics
    Mentor Graphics, Inc is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create...

    , a company providing electronic design automation solutions
  • T-34 Mentor
    T-34 Mentor
    The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston-engined. These were eventually succeeded by the upgraded T-34C...

    , a trainer plane
  • Mentor (satellite)
    Mentor (satellite)
    MENTOR, sometimes called Advanced Orion by observers, is reportedly a code-name for a class of United States spy satellites that collect signals intelligence from space...

    , a type of U.S. reconnaissance satellite
  • Mentor (film)
    Mentor (film)
    Mentor is a 2006 drama film directed by David Langlitz and written by William Whitehurst, exploring the relationship between a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and his protegé.The film stars Rutger Hauer, Matthew Davis, Dagmara Dominczyk, and Susan Misner....

    , a 2006 film starring Rutger Hauer
  • Mentor College, a private school in Mississauga, Ontario
  • MENTOR
    MENTOR
    MENTOR / The National Mentoring Partnership is an advocate and resource for mentoring in the United States. It is a 501 nonprofit organization, with headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia....

    , a nonprofit organization that promotes mentorship
  • Mentor (magazine), a magazine for gay men published by the BLK
    BLK (magazine)
    BLK was a monthly American newsmagazine, similar in format to Time and The Advocate, which targeted its coverage of people, events and issues to African American LGBT readers....

     organization
  • Mentor (company), a leading supplier of surgical aesthetics products to plastic surgeons worldwide
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