In Greek mythology, Palamedes was the son of Nauplius and Clymene. Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... In Greek mythology, Nauplius was the son of Poseidon and Amymone. ... In Greek mythology, Clymene or Klymenê (famous might) is the name of at least six possibly distinct females. ...

He is said to have invented counting, currency, weights, measures, jokes, dice and a forerunner of chess called pessoi, as well military ranks. Sometimes he is credited with discoveries in the field of wine-making and the supplementary letters of the Greek alphabet. Chess (from the Persian word Shah) is a board game and mental sport for two players. ...

Agamemnon sent Palamedes to Ithaca to retrieve Odysseus, who had promised to defend the marriage of Helen and Menelaus. Paris had kidnapped Helen, but Odysseus did not want to honor his oath. He pretended to be insane and plowed his fields with salt. Palamedes guessed what was happening and put Odysseus' son, Telemachus, in front of the plow. Odysseus stopped working and revealed his sanity. Odysseus never forgave Palamedes for sending him to the Trojan War. When Palamedes advised the Greeks to return home, Odysseus accused him of being a traitor and forged false evidence and found a fake witness to testify against him. Palamedes was stoned to death. Mask of Agamemnon from Mycenae, Greece. ... Ithaca, see Ithaca (disambiguation). ... Odysseus Laërtiadês (Greek: , son of Laertes), or simply Odysseus (meaning man of wrath according to Homer) or more likely (from Greek οδηγός: odigos) a guide; the one showing the way. ... Helen was the wife of Menelaus and reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, and her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. ... This article is about Menelaus the king of Sparta. ... Paris (also known as Alexander), son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number of Greek legends. ... Telemachus and Mentor Telemachus departing from Nestor, painting by Henry Howard (1769–1847) Telemachus (also transliterated as Telemachos or Telémakhos; literally, far-away fighter) is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope. ... The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of Greece, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. ...

In Arthurian Legend, Palamedes, Palomides, or some variant was a knight, the son of King Esclabor, who fell in love with the lady Iseult. When he pursued her hand, Tristan showed up and defeated him in battle. He later tried to take Iseult again, but she intervened, and yet again, this time being nearly killed by Tristan. He later became a Christian and became the Duke of Provence. The Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the legends that concern the Celtic and legendary history of the British Isles, centering around King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. ... A silver statue of an armoured knight, created as a trophy in 1850 For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... Esclabor was a lord of Babylon and father of Palamedes in Arthurian Legend. ... In the Arthurian Legend of Tristan and Iseult (alternatively Isolde, Isode, Isotta, etc. ... Tristan (Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus; Welsh: Trystan; also known as Tristran, Tristram etc), was a Cornish hero from folklore, and one of the Knights of the Round Table whose story is told in the Matter of Britain. ... The term Christian means belonging to Christ and is derived from the Greek noun Χριστός Khristós which means anointed one, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word Moshiach (Hebrew: משיח, also written Messiah), (and in Arabic it is pronounced Maseeh مسيح). ... Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ...

See also: List of Arthurian characters In Arthurian Legend, there were many people, often with conflicting names in different languages. ...