 The "Book of the Dead" ("Nekyia") in the "Odyssey" depicts judgment in the afterlife by Minos, the "radiant son of Zeus" who in his mortal life had been king of Crete.Three egregious sinners are singled out for eternal punishment, but the theological implications of the scene are unclear.Plato elaborates on the concept in the myth of Er at the end of the "Republic".