e front line at Troy, he buried gold in Palamedes's quarters26) and gave a letter to a Trojan prisoner to be carried to King Priam, then sent a soldier of his ahead to kill the prisoner not far away from the camp. So when the army returned to the camp the next day, a soldier found the letter on the body of the dead Trojan prisoner. On it it was written:
"Sent to Palamedes from Priam."
The letter promised Palamedes the amount of gold Odysseus had hidden if he betrayed27) the camp.
Agamemnon found Palamedes guilty of treason28) and had him stoned to death.
