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Erebus

In Greek mythology, Erebus (/ˈɛrəbəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, lit. 'darkness, gloom'), or Erebos, is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod's Theogony, he is the offspring of Chaos, and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of Aether, Eros, and Metis, or the first ruler…

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Name or region of the underworld

HadesHomerOdysseyOceanusIliad
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Personification of darkness

DamasciusAcusilausPhilodemusAntagorasCicero
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Greek mythologyAncient GreekRomanizedLit.Hesiod
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Etymology

Proto-Indo-EuropeanSanskritArmenianGothicOld Norse
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Erebus

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples123
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
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related to Personification of darkness · 94
Erebus → According, Acusilaus, Aegle, Aether, Amicitia, Amor, Antagoras, Atropos, BC, BC/AD, By Nox, Caligo, Chaos, Cheerfulness, Cicero, Clotho, Continentia, Darkness, Day, Death
related to Name or region of the underworld · 26
Erebus → Cerberus, Demeter, Earth, Erinyes, Euripides's, Hades, Hecatoncheires, Heracles, Homer, Homeric Hymn, Iliad Erebus, In, Later, Nyx, Oceanus, Odyssey, Orestes, Ovid, Persephone, Proserpina
is a · 3
Erebus → first of five rulers of the gods, location in which the Erinyes live, offspring of Chaos and Caligo

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darkness chaos theogony nyx aether first underworld eros hades bc night offspring tartarus century roman name day authors refer greek

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Erebusis afirst of five rulers of the gods0.90text
Erebusis aoffspring of Chaos and Caligo0.90text
Erebusis alocation in which the Erinyes live0.90text
Erebusrelated to Name or region of the underworldThe0.60section
Erebusrelated to Name or region of the underworldTartarus0.60section
Erebusrelated to Name or region of the underworldHades0.60section
Erebusrelated to Name or region of the underworldHomer0.60section
Erebusrelated to Name or region of the underworldOdyssey0.60section
Erebusrelated to Name or region of the underworldOceanus0.60section
Erebusrelated to Name or region of the underworldEarth0.60section
Erebusrelated to Name or region of the underworldIliad Erebus0.60section
Erebusrelated to Name or region of the underworldErinyes0.60section

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