Rhadamanthus

Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthus [rad΄ə man′thisrad΄ə man′thəs]
n.
L < Gr Rhadamanthos
Gr. Myth. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for his exemplary justice by being made, after his death, a judge of the dead in the lower world: also Rhadamanthys [rad΄ə man′this]
Rhadamanthine [rad΄ə man′thin]
adj.

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Rhad·a·man·thus also Rhad·a·man·thys (răd'ə-mănʹthəs) n. Greek Mythology
A son of Zeus and Europa who, in reward for his exemplary sense of justice, was made a judge of the underworld after his death.

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