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See also:RHADAMANTHUS (Gr. Rhadamanthys) , in See also:Greek See also:mythology, son of See also:Zeus and See also:Europa and See also:brother of See also:Minos, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Crete. Driven out of Crete by his brother, who was jealous of his popularity, he fled to See also:Boeotia, where he wedded See also:Alcmene. See also:Homer represents him as dwelling in the Elysian See also:fields (Odyssey, iv. 564). According to later legends, on See also:account of his in-flexible integrity he was made one of the See also:judges of the dead in the See also:lower See also:world, together with See also:Aeacus and Minos. He was supposed to See also:judge the souls of Asiatics, Aeacus those of Europeans, while Minos had the casting See also:vote (See also:Plato, See also:Gorgias, 4244).
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