# Sir Palamedes — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Sir Palamedes in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Palamedes, XVI Sir Palamedes

**First appearance:** 0002-bulfinch-s-mythology

## Who they are

Saracen knight of the Round Table, rival of Tristram for Isoude's love.

## In the story

### [Adventures of Aeneas—The Harpies—Dido—Palinurus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xxxi-adventures-of-aeneas-the-harpies-dido-palinurus)

Mentioned as Palinurus, the faithful steersman of Aeneas who is tricked by Somnus and falls overboard while still clutching the helm.

### [XXXII: The Infernal Regions—The Sibyl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xxxii-the-infernal-regions-the-sibyl)

Aeneas beholds his pilot Palinurus, who fell overboard and was drowned, and speaks with him about his misfortune.

### [The Infernal Regions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/the-infernal-regions)

Palinurus, Aeneas's pilot, is encountered among the unburied souls; the Sibyl consoles him with a prophecy about his burial and the naming of Cape Palinurus.

### [XII: Tristram and Isoude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xii-tristram-and-isoude)

Saracen knight who loves Isoude, wins her by a harp trick but loses her to Tristram's rote.

### [XIV: Sir Tristram’s Battle with Sir Launcelot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xiv-sir-tristram-s-battle-with-sir-launcelot)

Rescued by Tristram from nine knights, then challenged to a duel but fails to appear at the appointed meeting.

### [XVI: Sir Palamedes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xvi-sir-palamedes)

Fights Tristram, refuses to slay an unarmed knight, is defeated, asks forgiveness, and is baptized.

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