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Erebus
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(ἔρεβος, darkness), in Greek mythology, is the infernal region, the subterranean, chaotic night; being represented as.son of Chaos and Caligo. Erebus does not seem to be identical with Tartarus. His descendants are the following, by Night: Age, Death, Fate, Abstinence, Dreams, Epiphron, Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos, the three Parcse, Dispute, Evil, Malice, Nemesis, Euphrosyne, Friendship, Sympathy, Styx, and Sleep.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Erebus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/erebus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Erebus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/erebus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
