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Ἔρεβος

Ἔρεβος, Erebos

Ἔρεβος, τό: Att. gen. Ἐρέβους Ar. Av. 694, Ion. Ἐρέβευς Il. 8.368, Od. 11.37, Ἐρέβεσφιν or Ἐρέβευσφιν, Hes. Th. 669, h.Cer. 349, ἐξ Ἐρεβ- Il. 9.572: no dat. or pl. occurs:—
  • Erebos, a place of nether darkness, forming a passage from Earth to Hades, Il. 16.327, Od. 10.528, al., Hes. Th. 515, etc.; rare in Prose, Pl. Ax. 371e, Plu. Frig. 2.953a, Lat.viv. 1130d: metaph., ἔ. ὕφαλον the darkness of the deep, S. Ant. 589 (lyr.); of a riddle, ἀξυνέτοις ἔ. AP 7.429 (Alc.).
    • II personified, Hes. Th. 125. (Skt. rájas, Goth. riqis, ONorse røkkr ‘darkness’.)

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