Erebus

deity underworld Greek single tradition · 6

Erebus is the parent of Charon, who is identified as the god of time. According to Cicero's De natura deorum, the god of old age is said to be the child of Erebus and Night.

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When

First attested: 800 BCE
Attested period: -800 – 2020
Historical notes: Described by Giovanni Boccaccio in Genealogia Deorum Gentilium.

Relationships

parent of: Charon, Fraus, Dolus, Apate, Hemera, Aether, Styx
consort of: Night, Nyx, Nox
co occurs with: Achlys, Zelos, Chronus, Dies, Caelus, Ouranos, Aether, Semele, Nyx, Protogonos, Nike, Zelus, Kratos, Perias, Aphrodite, Helios, Uranus, Mercury, Mare, Terra, Gaia, Zeus, Apollo, Dionysus, Hera, Athena, Persephone, Phanes, Kronos, Titans, Zagreus, Bia, Echidna, Oceanus, Pallas, Tethys
sibling of: Aether, Nox, Dies, Chaos
child of: Caligo, Chaos, Caligio, Chronos

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Sources

wikipedia (6)

Source passages

“In Genealogia Deorum Gentilium, the Italian Renaissance writer Giovanni Boccaccio wrote that Charon, who he identified as the god of time, was a son of Erebus and Night. The idea appears to have originated from the similarity between the names "Charon" and "Chronos"”
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“with Chaos, was the mother of Night (Nox), Day (Dies), Darkness (Erebus) and Ether (Aether)”
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“Apate was the daughter of the primordial deities Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night).”
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“According to the Roman mythographer Hyginus, Chaos and Caligio (Mist) were the parents of Nox (Night), Dies, Erebus, and Aether.”
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“In the Hieronyman Theogony, the egg arises from soil...and it is Chronos which arises from it, and gives birth to Aether, Chaos and Erebus.”
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