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Webster 1913 Edition
Erebus
Er′e-bus
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]
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. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Erebus
ER'EBUS
,Noun.