Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The dark region of the underworld through which the dead must pass before they reach Hades.
- Mount,A volcanic peak, 3,794 m (12,448 ft) high, on Ross Island in Antarctica.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In classical mythology: A place of nether darkness through which the shades pass on their way to Hades.
- noun The son of Chaos, who married his sister Night and was the father of Æther (the pure air) and Day; darkness.
- noun [NL.] In zoology, a genus of noctuid moths.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Greek Myth.) 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. - noun (Greek Myth.) The son of Chaos and brother of
Nox , who dwelt in Erebus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology The personification of
darkness andshadow . - proper noun A
volcano inAntarctica , named after HMS Erebus.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I caught the word Erebus a few times, but the rest, as the saying goes, was Greek to me.
THE HARDY BOYS Franklin W. Dixon 2010
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I caught the word Erebus a few times, but the rest, as the saying goes, was Greek to me.
THE HARDY BOYS Franklin W. Dixon 2010
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Captain Ross discovered, in 1841, two volcanoes, which he called Erebus and Terror, after the names of his two ships.
Wonders of Creation Anonymous
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Island and Cape Riley, which we called Erebus and Terror Bay.
Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Emulating their brothers, the Omnivatics formed a council they called the Erebus, not to oversee but to instigate further chaos.
Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010
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Emulating their brothers, the Omnivatics formed a council they called the Erebus, not to oversee but to instigate further chaos.
Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010
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Emulating their brothers, the Omnivatics formed a council they called the Erebus, not to oversee but to instigate further chaos.
Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010
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Erebus is an active volcano, but Terror is quiescent.
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Erebus is very different visually from Batman and doesn’t wear a cape but I guess he could be seen as a evil Batman version but there’s a lot more to him than that which I can only prove by exploring his character extensively in the stories for the readers to see.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Eren’s Review Forum 2009
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When the precognitive leader of the Order saw Kenzi’s future – he was disturbed because Erebus is the complete opposite of what a Paladin stands for not to mention it’s the first time a potential Paladin candidate had been uncovered to be also a potential candidate to be the most powerful super-villain on Earth, Erebus.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Eren’s Review Forum 2009
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