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Erebus:1. (Gr. myth. ) son of Chaos and Night,hence dark-ness personified; also a name for the underworld orhell itself （希腊神话）厄来珀斯，深渊与黑夜之子，因而为黑暗的化身；也用作阴间或地狱之名。
△2H. IV. 2. 4. 168 (156):“I’ll see her damned first,to Pluto’s damned lake,bythis hand,to the infernal deep,with Erebus and tor-tures vile also.”我要先看见她下地狱，到普路托的苦海里，凭我这只手发誓，到阴间的深渊里，那里有厄来珀斯和种种的毒刑。
2. the darkest and gloomiest lower world,or the hell阴间，地狱。
△Mer. 5. 1.87:“And his affections dark as Erebus.”他的感情必如地狱阴暗。 |