Erebus Myth.
(ˈɛrɪbəs)
Also 6 erron. erobus.
[a. L. Erebus, a. Gr. Ἔρεβος; ? cogn. with Goth. riqis darkness.]
The proper name of ‘a place of darkness, between Earth and Hades’ (Liddell and Scott); often used in phrase dark as Erebus.
| 1596 Shakes. Merch. V. v. i. 87 His affections [are] darke as Erobus. 1667 Milton P.L. ii. 883 Harsh Thunder..the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus. 1839 Marryat Phant. Ship x, The night was dark as Erebus. |
| Comb. 1815 Scribbleomania 169 The pow'r that impell'd thee was Erebus bred. |