Rhadamanthys

or Rhad·a·man·thus

[ rad-uh-man-thuhs ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
2. an inflexibly just or severe judge.

Other Words From

• Rhad·a·man·thine [rad-, uh, -, man, -thin, -thahyn], adjective

Example Sentences

The beauty of Europa fired the love of Zeus, who approached her in the form of a white bull and carried her away from her native Phoenicia to Crete, where 907 she became the mother of Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus every soul, as it drew near that joyous land, was brought before the august tribunal of Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Aiakos; and they whose faith was in truth a quickening power, might draw from the ordeals those golden lessons which Plato has put into the mouth of Socrates, and some unknown persons into the mouths of Buddha and Jesus.

From Project Gutenberg

It cannot be that when the eyes reopen they shall see the forms of dark apparitors, or that the ears shall hear �acus and Rhadamanthys speaking in dim halls their cold, irrevocable dooms.

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Later Greek legend united with him two other judges, his brothers, Rhadamanthys and Æacus.

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There she conceived and bore three sons, Minos, Sarpedon and Rhadamanthys.

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