 In the "Aeneid" of Virgil, Minos was the judge of those who had been given the death penalty on a false charge - Minos sits with a gigantic urn, and decides whether a soul should go to Elysium or Tartarus with the help of a silent jury.Radamanthus, his brother, is a judge at Tartarus who decides upon suitable punishments for sinners there.In Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" story "Inferno", Minos is depicted as having a snake-like tail.