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Definition of Erebus

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day.

Definition of Erebus

1. n. 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.

Definition of Erebus

1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) The personification of darkness and shadow. ¹

2. Proper noun. A volcano in Antarctica, named after HMS ''Erebus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Erebus

1. 1. 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. The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus. "To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile." (Shak) Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Erebus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It is a dreary and cheerless land, the inhabitants of which have no strength either of mind or of body ; and thus the idea of erebus is distinguished from ..."

2. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton, Hugh Robert Mill, Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1909)
"The following is a description of the chief eruption of erebus witnessed by us on June 14, 1908: This morning, about 8.45 AM, as the small blizzard of the ..."

3. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"erebus, HMS The Zoology of the voyage of HMS erebus and Terror . . . during ... erebus, HMS Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas (Pt. I. ..."

4. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"GENUS erebus. erebus, Latreille, Consid. Générales, p. ... Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Taf. 195, 196 (1806 ?). erebus odora, var. ..."

5. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"That Ennius derived all the gods from night and erebus, is testified by this verse of ... Who are all said to be sprung from erebus and night." But Paul. ..."

6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"traced for 500 miles to the south, where it terminated, in latitude 78° S., in the volcanic cones of Mounts erebus and Terror, Mount erebus at the time ..."

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