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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

First Known Use of Erebus

1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for Erebus

Latin, from Greek Erebos

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