Erebus \Er"e*bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]

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.) The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.

To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)