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Rhadamanthus (also transliterated as Rhadamanthys or Rhadamanthos) in Greek mythology was a son of Zeus and Europa and brother of Minos, king of Crete and Sarpedon. He was raised by Asterion.Driven out of Crete by his brother, Minos, who was jealous of his popularity, he fled to Boeotia, where he wedded Alcmene. Homer represents him as dwelling in the Elysian fields (Odyssey, iv. 564).
According to later legends, on account of his inflexible integrity he was made one of the judges of the dead in the lower world, together with Aeacus and Minos. He was supposed to judge the souls of Asians, Aeacus those of Europeans, while Minos had the casting vote ( PlatoFor the computing technology, see PLATO System. Plato ( Greek: Platon (c. 427 BC c. 347 BC) was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, writer, and founder of the Academy in Athens. Plato, who is be, Gorgias, 424A).
DanteDante Alighieri (May/June 1265 September 13/14, 1321) was a Florentine poet. His greatest work, La divina commedia The Divine Comedy , is a culminating statement of the medieval world view and the basis of the modern Italian language. Life Early life and makes Rhadamanthus one of the judges of the damned in the InfernoThe word inferno has several meanings: An alternate word for hell. Dante's Inferno is the first volume of The Divine Comedy''. Inferno is an operating system for creating and supporting distributed services. Inferno is a science fiction novel written by L section of Divine Comedy. "Rhadamanthine" has since come to describe any just but inflexible judgment.
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