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Palamedes (Greek mythological character)

LC control no.n 2013056919
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Personal name headingPalamedes (Greek mythological character)
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Associated countryGreece
Found inWork cat.: 98-156817: Gorgias, of Leontini. Encomio di Elena ; Apologia di Palamede, 1997.
Oxford classical dictionary, 1996 p. 1099 (Palamedes; Palamēdēs [romanized]; name means "the handy or contriving one"; sone of Nauplius and Cymene; exposed Odysseus's deception forcing him to fight in the Trojan War; credited along with Cadmus with inventing certain leters of the alphabet, the games draughts, and dice)
Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 11, 2013 (Palamedes is the name of a figure in Greek mythology and also the name of a Saracen knight in Arthurian legend)
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