Rhadamanthys

American  

[rad-uh-man-thuhs] / ˌræd əˈmæn θəs /

Or Rhadamanthus

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.

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Other Word Forms

• Rhadamanthine
  adjective

Example Sentences

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.

From Apologia Diffidentis by Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock)

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

From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)

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

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques

So she bare sons to the almighty Son of Cronos, glorious leaders of wealthy men—Minos the ruler, and just Rhadamanthys and noble Sarpedon the blameless and strong.

From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)