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Erebus

noun Er·e·bus \ ˈer-ə-bəs \

Definition of Erebus

1 : a personification of darkness in Greek mythology
2 : a place of darkness in the underworld on the way to Hades

Origin and Etymology of erebus

Latin, from Greek Erebos

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