Ἔρεβος,τό: Att. gen.
A.
Ἐρέβους
Ar. Av. 694
, Ion.
Ἐρέβευς
Il. 8.368
, Od. 11.37 ,ἘρέβεσφινorἘρέβευσφιν,
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 darknessof the deep, S. Ant. 589 (lyr.) ; of a riddle, ἀξυνέτοις ἔ.
AP 7.429
( Alc. ).
II. personified, Hes. Th. 125 . (Skt.rájas,Goth.riqis,ONorserøkkr'darkness'.)