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Palamedes
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Palamedes (păləmē`dēz), in Greek mythology, crafty Greek hero of the Trojan War. Because he had exposed Odysseus when he tried to evade going to war, Odysseus falsely accused him of treachery, produced erroneous evidence, and had him executed. Some say that Agamemnon and Diomed, because Palamedes advocated peace, aided Odysseus. Palamedes was credited with many inventions, including numbers, measures, and the alphabet.


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This missive mentions "a ring that the king will do anything in order to have," (70) and sometime shortly after it was written, Lorenzo sent the Governor of Provence, Palamede de Forbin, to Louis XI with Sr.
 
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