Historiae Romanorum

Rhadamanthys

The son of Zeus and Europa and the brother of Minos and Sarpedon.  He never died, but went to the underworld and became the ruler over Elysium.  In later myths, such as the Aeneid, he is the judge of souls, determining who will go to Elysium, and who to Tartarus.

After the death of the great general Amphitryon in battle, Zeus married his son to Alcmene, the mother of Heracles.

Source(s):

1. Hesiod.  Theogeny.

2. Virgil.  The Aeneid.

3. Apollodorus.  Bibliotece.

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