'Erebus' definitions:
Definition of 'Erebus'
From: WordNet
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'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Greek Myth.) The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus. [1913 Webster]
- To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Erebus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Aides,
- Aidoneus,
- blackness,
- Cerberus,
- Charon,
- Cora,
- dark,
- darkness,
- darkness visible,
- dead of night,
- Despoina,
- Dis,
- Dis pater,
- Egyptian darkness,
- Hades,
- Hel,
- intense darkness,
- Kore,
- lightlessness,
- Loki,
- Minos,
- moonlessness,
- night,
- obscure,
- obscure darkness,
- obscurity,
- Orcus,
- Osiris,
- Persephassa,
- Persephone,
- pitch-darkness,
- pitchy darkness,
- Pluto,
- Proserpina,
- Proserpine,
- Rhadamanthus,
- Satan,
- starlessness,
- sunlessness,
- swarthiness,
- tenebrosity,
- tenebrousness,
- the palpable obscure,
- total darkness,
- velvet darkness