# Sir Priamus — Le Morte d’Arthur character guide

> Sir Priamus in Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Priamus

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A Saracen knight who converts to Christianity and joins Arthur.

## In the story

### [Sir Gawaine's Battle with Priamus and the Saracen Host](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/x)

Saracen knight of noble lineage, wounded by Gawaine, converts to Christianity, heals both with a balm from Paradise, and warns of the approaching army.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xi)

Urges Sir Gawaine to help their fellows and fights manfully, slaying the Marquis of Moises land.

### [How Sir Gawaine returned to King Arthur with his prisoners, and how the King won a city, and how he was crowned Emperor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xii)

Yielded to Gawaine, baptized, made a duke and knight of the Round Table, later given the duchy of Lorraine.

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