Palamedes

There's this guy in Greek -mythology called Palamedes who invented practically everything — numbers, currency, lighthouses, breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Inside Jokes: Science Writer Jim Holt Explores Why We Laugh 2008

There's this guy in Greek -mythology called Palamedes who invented practically everything — numbers, currency, lighthouses, breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Inside Jokes: Science Writer Jim Holt Explores Why We Laugh Lucas Graves 2008

Great and Aristotle, are far more reasonable names inferentially, if not sufficiently attested, than those cherished by traditionists such as Palamedes, Xerxes, Moses, Hermes, or any of the Kings of

Chess History and Reminiscences 1869

"Palamedes," she replied, "may I never taste of joy again if I ever quit my first love."

The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831

"Palamedes," she replied, "may I never taste of joy again if I ever quit my first love."

The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

-- P.W. [400] 'Letter:' alluding to those grammarians, such as Palamedes and

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Alexander Pope 1716

What Palamedes, what Sisyphus, what Eurybates or Phrynondas could ever have devised such guile?

The Defense Apuleius 2008

With just a walk-on part for Palamedes, the mythical inventor of the joke (as well as of the alphabet, the lighthouse, dice, and a number of other essentials of human civilization), and another for the Philogelos ( "Laughter-Lover"), a fourth - or fifth-century AD compilation of more than two hundred jokes, the laughter of Greece and Rome is covered in a few pages.

Isn't It Funny? Beard, Mary 2008

The joke is sometimes said to have been invented by Palamedes, the hero of Greek legend who outwitted Odysseus on the eve of the Trojan War.

'Stop Me if You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes' 2008

What Palamedes, what Sisyphus, what Eurybates or Phrynondas could ever have devised such guile?

The Defense Apuleius 2008