Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Erebus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Erebus \Er"e*bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Greek Myth.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy
space through which the souls passed to Hades. See
Milton's ``Paradise Lost,'' Book II., line 883.
2. (Greek Myth.) The son of Chaos and brother of {Nox}, who
dwelt in Erebus.
To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile.
--Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Erebus
n : (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the
underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of
Aether and Day [syn: {Erebus}]
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