Palamedes (romance)

Palamedes
Author(s)unknown, Helie de Boron
LanguageOld French
Datebetween 1235 and 1240
State of existenceFragmentary
GenreChivalric romance
SubjectArthurian legend

Palamedes is a 13th-century Old French Arthurian prose chivalric romance.[1] Named for King Arthur's knight Palamedes, it is set in the time before the rise of Arthur, and relates the exploits of the parents of various Arthurian heroes. The work was very popular, but now exists largely in fragmentary form.

  1. ^ Lacy, Norris J. (1991), "Palamedes", in Lacy, Norris J. (ed.), The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, New York: Garland, p. 352