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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: Erebus n : (Greek mythology) 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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