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erebus

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1. erebus - Noun

2. Erebus - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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For moral reasons, the young Reverend Peter Sparrow declined to join the Saturday night gatherings of the Erebus Poker Club. Gambling, he knew, was Satan's third favorite pastime, after sex and ecumenicalism. James K. Morrow

A similar erroneous assertion is that soluble halogen compounds from the volcanic plume of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica are a major contributor to the Antarctic ozone hole. Source: Internet

Gordon played John Weekes, a carpenter on board HMS Erebus, and featured alongside Mad Men actor Jared Harris and Game of Thrones star Tobias Menzies. Source: Internet

On November 2, RAF Typhoons and the monitor HMS Erebus neutralized German coastal strongpoints and engaged the W11 battery itself. Source: Internet

Description The Erinyes live in Erebus and are more ancient deities than any of the Olympians. Source: Internet

And Nyx "from union in love" with Erebus produced Aether (Light) and Hemera (Day). Source: Internet

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