Ἔρεβος

A. Ἐρέβους Ar. Av. 694, Ion. Ἐρέβευς Il. 8.368, Od. 11.37, Ἐρέβεσφιν or Ἐρέβευσφιν, Hes. Th. 669, h.Cer. 349, ἐξ Ἐρεβ‐ Il. 9.572 : no dat. or pl. occurs:—Erebos, a place of nether darkness, forming a passage from Earth to Hades, Il. 16.327, Od. 10.528, al., Hes. Th. 515, etc. ; rare in Prose, Pl. Ax. 371e, Plu. 2.953a, 1130d : metaph., ἔ. ὕφαλον the darkness of the deep, S. Ant. 589(lyr.) ; of a riddle, ἀξυνέτοις ἔ. AP 7.429 (Alc.).

II. personified, Hes. Th. 125. (Skt. rájas, Goth. riqis, ONorse røkkr 'darkness'.)