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Look up: Erebus

  1. Erebus
    [n] - (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld
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  2. Erebus
    In Greek mythology, the god of darkness; also the intermediate subterranean region between upper Earth and Hades through which the spirits (shades) passed. Erebus was the son of primordial Chaos,...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Erebus
    Er'e·bus noun [ Latin , from Greek ....] 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.)...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/62

  4. erebus
    1. 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. The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus. 'To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile.' (Shak) ... Origin: L, fr. Gr. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  5. Erebus
    noun (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Erebus
    • (n.) The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus. • (n.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Erebus
    (from the article `Chaos`) ...concepts occur in the Theogony of Hesiod. First there was Chaos in Hesiod`s system, then Gaea and Eros (Earth and Desire). Chaos, however, did not ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/40

  8. Erebus
    HMS Erebus was a British monitor of 7200 tons displacement built under the Great War Emergency War Programme and launched in 1916. HMS Erebus was powered by Babcock boilers providing a top speed of 14.1 knots. She carried a complement of 315 and was armed with two 15 inch guns; two 3 inch anti-aircraft guns and twelve smaller guns.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Erebus
    Erebus was the Greek god of darkness.
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  10. Erebus
    Erebus (er'ibus) , in Greek religion and mythology, personification of darkness. According to Hesiod, Erebus sprang from Chaos and was the father of Day. His name was sometimes used for Hades.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  11. Erebus
    In Greek mythology, the god of darkness; also the intermediate subterranean region between upper Earth and Hades through which the spirits (shades) passed. Erebus was the son of primordial Chaos, and father of the Upper Air (Aether), Day (Hemera), and the underworld ferryman Charon by his sister Night (Nyx). In various traditions the Fates (Moi...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Erebus
    In s-->), also `Erebos` (Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek: , "deep darkness, shadow"), was the son of a primordial god, Chaos, and represented the personification of darkness. Erebus married his sister Nyx (goddess of the night) and their offspring include: Aether, Cer, Hemera, Charon,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erebus

  13. Erebus
    (album) `Erebus` is the second album by The Secret Syde. It has not been released in the United States, but was very popular in the 1980s in The Netherlands, where it was featured on The BBC. Track listing: #"Walls Grow Skin" #"First Day in the City" #"Danielle, Dotti...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erebus



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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