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Erebus Myth.|ˈɛrɪbəs|
Also 6 erron. erobus.
[a. L. Erebus, a. Gr. Ἔρεβος; ? cogn. with Goth. riqis darkness.]
The proper name of ‘a place of darkness, between Earth and Hades’ (Liddell and Scott); often used in phrase dark as Erebus.
1596Shakes. Merch. V. v. i. 87 His affections [are] darke as Erobus. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 883 Harsh Thunder..the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus. 1839Marryat Phant. Ship x, The night was dark as Erebus.
Comb.1815Scribbleomania 169 The pow'r that impell'd thee was Erebus bred. |