Rhadamanthus
Greek · demigod · heroic age · demigod
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.
Parentage
Domains
- lawgiving and justice
- underworld judge
Powers
- Judge the souls of the dead
Epithets
- Ῥαδάμανθυς δίκαιος
- Ῥαδάμανθυς ξανθός
Relations
- sibling: Minos
- sibling: Sarpedon (Cretan)