Editing Rhadamanthus (section)

===Exile from Crete===
King [[Asterion (king of Crete)|Asterius]] died childless and Minos inherited the throne. When Minos became the king of Crete, he drove Rhadamanthus out of Crete, because he had been jealous of his popularity. Rhadamanthus fled to [[Boeotia]], where he married [[Alcmene]], widow of [[Amphitryon]] and mother of [[Heracles]]. According to some traditions, he became a tutor to Heracles.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} This is also mentioned by [[John Tzetzes]], a medieval historian.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

In general, the particular sphere of activity of Rhadamanthus tends to be the Aegean islands, apart from Crete itself, where Minos was active. He is also often connected by ancient authors with central Greece.<ref name="auto">John Davidson, [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/antiq_0770-2817_1999_num_68_1_1340# "Rhadamanthys and the Family of Herakles."] ''L'antiquité classique'' Vol 68, 1999, pp. 247–252</ref>