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Rhadamanthus

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Canonical name
Rhadamanthus
Disambiguator
None
Kind
Character
Scope
Individual
Editorial note
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Aliases

2

fair-haired Rhadamanthus

Epithet · Reported

yellow-haired Rhadamanthus

Epithet · Reported

Location presence

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0

No presence observations in the processed scope.

Claims

2
·Reported

Fair-haired Rhadamanthus reigns in Elysium.

See evidence text
“fair-haired Rhadamanthus reigns”
·Reported

Rhadamanthus is yellow-haired and was carried to visit Tityus, son of Gaia.

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“yellow-haired Rhadamanthus to see Tityus the son of Gaia”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

2
·Reported
“There fair-haired Rhadamanthus reigns”
·Reported
“yellow-haired Rhadamanthus”

Passage preview

Book 4 · Passage 47

‘‘The third man,’ he answered, ‘is Ulysses who dwells in Ithaca. I can see him in an island sorrowing bitterly in the house of the nymph Calypso, who is keeping him prisoner, and he cannot reach his home for he has no ships nor sailors to take him over the sea. As for your own end, Menelaus, you shall not die in Argos, but the gods will take you to the Elysian plain, which is at the ends of the world. There fair-haired Rhadamanthus reigns, and men lead an easier life than any where else in the world, for in Elysium there falls not rain, nor hail, nor snow, but Oceanus breathes ever with a West wind that sings softly from the sea, and gives fresh life to all men. This will happen to you because you have married Helen, and are Jove’s son-in-law.’