out of Erebos (Darkness) and Chaos (Gloomy Air) called Nox (Night) and the Gods of Night (Di Nocti) and poured a prayer with long-drawn wailing cries to Hecate." Erebus in Greek mythology, the primeval god of darkness, son of Chaos also taken as the proper name of a dark region between Earth and Hades, and as such a type of a place of blackness and gloom. "Rose Eos (the dawn), and thrust back kindly Nyx (Night) to Erebos (Erebus)." " bidding me come back from Erebos (Erebus)." Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 408(Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) : " whom Zeus brought up to the light from Erebos (Erebus) beneath the earth." "Zeus struck him with a lurid thunderbolt and sent him down to Erebos (Erebus)." Hesiod, Theogony 514 ff(Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : Later, Charon carried them across the river Acheron, and entered the Tartarus, the true underworld. He was the place where the dead had to pass immediately after his death. (Note that in the ancient cosmogonies it was considered that the source of the day was the Aither or bright atmosphere and not the sun.)Īccording to some later legends, Erebo was part of Hades, the underworld, and was sometimes even used as a synonym. Nix blocked the light of the Aither (the upper air bright and bright) and Hemera cleared the darkness allowing the Aither to re-illuminate the earth. ![]() Nix dragged the dark mists of Erebus through the skies bringing the night to the world, while Hemera scattered them bringing the day. 4.Moros,Geras,Thanatos,Ker,Sophrosyne,Hypnos,Oneiroi,Eros,Ephiphron,Porphyrion Ephaphos,Eris,Oizys,Hybris,Nemesis,Euphrosyne, Philotes,Eleos,Styx,Morai,Hesperidesĥ.Eros,Dolos,Deimos,Ponos,Nemesis,Moros,Geras,Thanatos,Keres,Oizys,Momos,Philotes,Apate,The Moirai,The Hesperides,Oneiroi
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