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• a variation of Rhadamanthys.

Rhadamanthus

British  

/ ˌrædəˈmænθəs /

noun

1. Greek myth one of the judges of the dead in the underworld

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Other Word Forms

• Rhadamanthine
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Rhadamanthus

If Child B—let’s call her Rhadamanthus—wanted to use her portion of the inheritance to give gifts to her own children, then it would have been incumbent upon Rhadamanthus to do so in an equitable fashion.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2017

The solemn, awful, inexorable literary Rhadamanthus, the dread Quarterly Review itself, sitting imposingly on its curule chair in ambrosial bigwig and high-heeled shoes, promulgated edicts against the new-fangled invention.

From Time Magazine Archive

The regions to the left, she said, were ruled over by stern Rhadamanthus, also a son of Europa, who punished the wicked for their misdeeds.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

For this reason also Zeus raised Alcmene from the dead, and conducted her to the islands of the blest as the wife of Rhadamanthus.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller

Lucian, in his vision of Hades, beheld the Shades p. 79of the Dead set by pitiless Minos or Rhadamanthus to perform tasks most alien to their occupations while they were yet denizens of earth. 

From Old Roads and New Roads by William Bodham Donne