Palamedes
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek Son of Nauplius, a king of
Euboea, and his wife Clymene, a granddaughter of
King Minos of Crete. One of the Greek heroes
who fought against Troy in the Trojan War. When
Odysseus feigned idiocy, in his attempt to avoid
joining the Greek army on its way to Troy, Palamedes
put Telemachus, son of Odysseus, in the path of his
father's plow. Odysseus avoided running down his
infant son, showing that he was sane, and was forced to
join the army. In revenge, Odysseus concocted a plot
against Palamedes, accusing him of treachery against
the Greeks. The army stoned Palamedes to death.
Palamedes is described as a sage, and he is
credited with inventing certain letters of the Greek
alphabet and for inventing dice, measures and scales,
lighthouses, and the discus.