Nauplia
The ancient port of Argos, founded by Nauplius, whose son Palamedes was unjustly executed during the Trojan War.
The Story of Nauplia
Nauplia was the harbour of the Argolid, founded by Nauplius the navigator, a son of Poseidon celebrated for seamanship. His son Palamedes sailed to Troy with the Greeks and was there falsely accused of treason by Odysseus, who forged letters and planted evidence — Palamedes had exposed Odysseus's earlier feigned madness and Odysseus never forgave him. Palamedes was stoned to death by the Greeks. Nauplius, crazed with grief, took revenge by sailing the Greek coast and signalling false lights to lure the returning Greek fleet onto the rocks, causing mass shipwreck. Nauplia's name survives today in the modern town of Nafplio.
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