Meaning of Rhadamanthus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A king of Crete, one of the three judges in Hades.
   Greek
2. A strict and just judge.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“It was in vain to be a Rhadamanthus with the bells, and if an unfortunate bell rang without leave⟳, to have⟳ it down inexorably and silence it.”

“Nothing is now heard but the ticking of a quaint old timepiece on the summit of a bookcase. Ten minutes pass⟳; he captures her knight; she takes his knight, and looks a very Rhadamanthus.”

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