Palamedes

Statue of Palamedes sculpted by Antonio Canova.

In Greek mythology, Palamedes de Argos, son of Nauplius, was a hero of proverbial ingenuity. History

When Odysseus attempted to escape from the obligation to go to the Trojan War by pretending to be mad, Palamedes discovered the deception. In revenge, Odysseus falsified a letter on the assumption that the king of Troy, Priam, had proposed to Palamedes to betray the Greeks in exchange for gold. Odysseus hid the gold in the tent of Palamedes and this was stoned to death by the Greek army. Nauplio avenged the death of his son causing the Greek fleet to be lost by false signals on the return of Troy. Inventions

From Palamedes was said to have invented chess and the game of dice. Higino, in its Fábulas attributes the invention to him of part of the Greek alphabet.

Philostratus attributes the inventions of the headlights, the balance, the disk and the guard with sentinels. Probably, the inventions attributed to Palamedes had their origin in Crete.

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