Palamedes

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Παλαμήδης, -ους, ὁ or say, son of Nauplius.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pălămēdes: is, m., = Παλαμήδης,
I son of Nauplius, king of Eubœa, who lost his life before Troy, through the artifices of Ulysses, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; id. Off. 3, 26, 98; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28. He is said, by observing the flight of cranes, to have invented the letters Θ, Ξ, Φ, Χ>, acc. to others the letters Υ> and Δ>, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192; Mart. 13, 75, 2.—Hence,
   A Pălămēdēus, a, um, adj., Palamedean, Manil. 4, 206.—
   B Pă-lămēdĭăcus, a, um, adj., Palamedic: Palamediaci calculi, the counters in the game of draughts which Palamedes invented, Cassiod. Var. 8, 31.—
   C Pălămēdĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Palamedic, Aus. Techn. de Monosyll. 25.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Pălămēdēs,¹⁴ is, m., Palamède [déjoua la ruse d’Ulysse feignant la folie au siège de Troie, mais plus tard, périt victime des calomnies d’Ulysse ; passait pour avoir inventé le jeu d’échecs, le jeu de dés, etc., et plusieurs lettres de l’alphabet grec, ξ, θ, φ, χ ( Plin. 7, 192 ) ; suivant d’autres, la lettre Υ également en regardant voler des grues] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 98 ; Off. 3, 98 ; Plin. 7, 192 ; Palamedis aves Mart. 13, 75, 2, grues [qui inspirèrent à Palamède l’invention de la lettre Υ] || -ēus, Manil. 4, 206 ; -ĭcus, et -iăcus, Aus. Idyll. 12, 12, 25, de Palamède : Palamediaci numeri Cassiod. Var. 8, 31, calculs du jeu d’échecs [inventé par Palamède].

Latin > German (Georges)

Palamēdēs, is, m. (Παλαμήδης), Sohn des euböischen Königs Nauplius, der Erfinder der Leuchttürme, des Maßes, der Wage, des Brettspiels, der Würfel, der Wurfscheibe, der vier griechischen Buchstaben Θ, Ξ, Φ, Χ (s. Plin. 7, 192), nach anderen der Buchstaben Υ u. Δ durch Beobachtung des Fluges der Kraniche, begleitete Agamemnon nach Troja, wo er von Ulixes, den er zum Zuge nach Troja gezwungen hatte, beständig verfolgt und zuletzt auf dessen Veranlassung getötet wurde, Varro Atac. bei Interpr. vet. ad Verg. Aen. 2, 82. Cornif. rhet. 2, 28. Cic. Tusc. 1, 98 (wo Akk. Palamedem). Poët. trag. bei Cic. de off. 3, 98 (wo Genet. Palamedi). Quint. 3, 1, 10 (wo Akk. Palameden). Ov. met. 13, 56 sq. Hyg. fab. 95 u. 105. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 81: Palamedis avis, der Kranich, Mart. 13, 75, 2. – Dav.: A) Palamēdēus, a, um (Παλαμήδειος), palamedëisch, Manil. 4, 206. – B) Palamēdiacus, a, um (Παλαμηδιακός), palamedisch, Cassiod. var. 8, 31, 8. – C) Palamēdicus, a, um (Παλαμηδικός), palamedisch, Auson. Technop. de monos. 25. p. 138 Schenkl.

Wikipedia EN

Palamedes (Ancient Greek: Παλαμήδης) was a Euboean prince, son of King Nauplius in Greek mythology. He joined the rest of the Greeks in the expedition against Troy. He was associated with the invention of dice, numbers, and letters.

Palamedes's mother was either Clymene (daughter of King Catreus of Crete), Hesione, or Philyra. He was the brother of Oeax and Nausimedon.

Although he is a major character in some accounts of the Trojan War, Palamedes is not mentioned in Homer's Iliad.

After Paris took Helen to Troy, Agamemnon sent Palamedes to Ithaca to retrieve Odysseus, who had promised to defend the marriage of Helen and Menelaus. Odysseus did not want to honor his oath, so he plowed his fields with a donkey and an ox both hitched to the same plow, so the beasts of different sizes caused the plow to pull chaotically. Palamedes guessed what was happening and put Odysseus' son, Telemachus, in front of the plow. Odysseus stopped working and revealed his sanity.

The ancient sources give different accounts of how Palamedes met his death. By Hyginus's account, Odysseus never forgave Palamedes for ruining his attempt to stay out of the Trojan War. When Palamedes advised the Greeks to return home, Odysseus hid gold in his tent and wrote a fake letter purportedly from Priam. Thus Palamedes was accused of treason and stoned to death by the Greeks. In Pausanias's version, Palamedes was drowned by Odysseus and Diomedes during a fishing expedition. Still another version by Dictys Cretensis relates that he was lured into a well in search of treasure, and then was crushed by stones.