Half-Olympian son of Zeus by Europa; brother of Minos and Sarpedon. Renowned for absolute justice; codified Cretan law (per Plato's Minos). Translated alive to the Elysian Fields per Odyssey 4 — the only mortal-born figure to skip Hades for the Isles of the Blessed without dying. Became one of the three judges of the dead alongside Minos and Aeacus.