About The Word Erebus
Learn about the word Erebus to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Erebus definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Erebus
| Erebus Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Erebus?
[n] (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day
Synonyms | Synonyms for Erebus: Related Terms | Find terms related to Erebus: Aides | Aidoneus | blackness | Cerberus | Charon | Cora | dark | darkness | darkness visible | dead of night | Despoina | Dis | Dis pater | Egyptian darkness | Hades | Hel | intense darkness | Kore | lightlessness | Loki | Minos | moonlessness | night | obscure | obscure darkness | obscurity | Orcus | Osiris | Persephassa | Persephone | pitch-darkness | pitchy darkness | Pluto | Proserpina | Proserpine | Rhadamanthus | Satan | starlessness | sunlessness | swarthiness | tenebrosity | tenebrousness | the palpable obscure | total darkness | velvet darkness See Also | Greek deity Erebus In Webster's Dictionary \Er"e*bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (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.
2. (Greek Myth.) The son of Chaos and brother of {Nox}, who
dwelt in Erebus.
To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile.
--Shak.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Hypotension ‐ abnormally low…
- Artificial skin ‐ a synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat…
- Prochlorperazine ‐ antipsychotic and antiemetic drug used to treat schizophrenia…
- Leukaemia ‐ malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by…
- Theodore herman albert dreiser ‐ United States novelist…
- Anal ‐ (psychoanalysis) a stage in psychosexual development when the…
- Japanese beech ‐ a beech native to Japan having soft light…
- Nosh ‐ a light informal meal [v] eat a snack;…
- Slavonic language ‐ a branch of the Indo European family…
- Preparedness ‐ the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action…