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Homer is somewhat vague about the precise manner of Ajax's death but does ascribe it to his loss in the dispute over Achilles's shield: when Odysseus visits Hades, he begs the soul of Ajax to speak to him, but Ajax, still resentful over the old quarrel, refuses and descends silently back into Erebus.
Then came Gaia ( Earth ), Tartarus ( the cave-like space under the earth ; the later-born Erebus is the darkness in this space ), and Eros ( Sexual Desire-the urge to reproduce, not the emotion of love as is the common misconception ).
* January 27 – The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered and named by James Clark Ross.
Erebus features little in Greek mythological tradition and literature, but is said to have fathered several other deities by Nyx ; depending on the source of the mythology, this union includes Aether, Hemera, the Hesperides, Hypnos, the Moirai, Geras, Styx, and Thanatos.
In Greek literature the name Erebus is also used to refer to a region of the Underworld where the dead had to pass immediately after dying, and is sometimes used interchangeably with Tartarus.
The perceived meaning of Erebus is " darkness "; the first recorded instance of it was " place of darkness between earth and Hades ".
According to the Greek oral poet Hesiod's Theogony, Erebus is the offspring of Chaos, and brother to Nyx.
* Mount Erebus is the second highest volcano in Antarctica, located on Ross Island.
* Erebus is the name of the world's largest walk-through haunted attraction, located in Pontiac, Michigan.
* Erebus is mentioned in The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe.
* Erebus is also mentioned in The House of Night to be the goddess Nyx's consort, the father of the love god Eros.
* Erebus is the name of a planet in the Stargate universe.
* Erebus is the name of the Patrol Boat in Apocalypse Now.
* In the Warhammer 40, 000 Horus Heresy Novel Series, Erebus is the name of the first Chaplain of the Word Bearers legion.
* In the MMORPG EVE Online, the Erebus is the name of the Gallente race's Titan-class capital ship, one of the four largest vessels in the game.
* Erebus is the final boss of " The Answer " in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES
* In The Lightning Thief, Erebus is mentioned on the Underworld entrance, an entrance which, as Percy Jackson describes it, is a cross between airport security and the New Jersey Turnpike.
* In The House Of Night series Erebus is named as Nyx's consort.
Later in the series the school is tricked into believing Kalona is Erebus reborn from earth.
* Erebus is used as a name given by the Player Character of AdventureQuest to a major villain who had yet to be named.

Erebus and highest
Mount Erebus is the second highest volcano in Antarctica ( after Mount Sidley ), and the 6th highest ultra mountain on an island.
It is little known even in the mountaineering world compared to the far more famous Mount Erebus, the second highest Antarctic volcano which is located near the U. S. and New Zealand bases on Ross Island.

Erebus and form
The oldest eruptive products consist of relatively undifferentiated and non-viscous basanite lavas that form the low, broad platform shield of Erebus.

Erebus and for
In Greek mythology, Erebus (), also Erebos (, " deep darkness, shadow "), was often conceived as a primordial deity, representing the personification of darkness ; for instance, Hesiod's Theogony places him as one of the first five beings to come into existence from Chaos.
Erebus held the world record for " Largest Haunted House " from 2005-2009, at 4 stories high.
During the Dark Reign storyline, Banshee is among the dead people seen in Erebus gambling for his resurrection when Hercules travels to the Underworld.
* Erebus, Tartarus, Eros: Foundational material for genealogies such as Hesiod's Theogony, they are here revealed to be close relatives of the birds.
Located on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim, it was set up as support to field research and the centre for research into earth sciences, but now conducts research in many fields.
This degree qualified him for employment in the Naval Medical Service: he joined renowned polar explorer Captain James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition to the South Magnetic Pole after receiving a commission as Assistant-Surgeon on HMS Erebus.
When Hercules ventured into the underworld, he encountered Janet's spirit in Erebus, the place in between life and death where those who feel they still have business in the mortal world linger and gamble for their resurrection.
* Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Crash on Mount Erebus, Antarctica of a DC10 Aircraft operated by Air New Zealand Limited (" The Mahon Inquiry ") ( 1980 – 1981 ) — this commission was appealed to the House of Lords and set new legal standards for the conduct of commissions
Mount Yaanek, with its " sulphurous currents " in the " ultimate climes of the pole ", has been associated with Mount Erebus, a volcano in Antarctica first sighted in 1841, although Yaanek's location is specified as being in " the realms of the boreal pole ", indicating an Arctic location rather than an Antarctic one for the fictional counterpart.
The British Council advised its staff to evacuate, and on 18 April Manning and Reggie left Piraeus for Egypt on the Erebus, the last civilian ship to leave Greece.
She also wrote numerous radio docudramas for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ), including a " much-admired radio drama ", Terror and Erebus, in 1965.
It was established that either the flight crew was unaware of, or ignored, the approved route's minimum safe altitude ( MSA ) of 16, 000 ft for the approach to Mount Erebus, and 6, 000 ft in the sector south of Mount Erebus ( and then only when the cloud base was at 7, 000 ft or better ).
In a litany, she is thanked for raising Pound up ( m ' elevasti, a reference to Dante's praise of his beloved Beatrice in the Paradiso ) out of hell ( Erebus ).
They relate Narfi to Erebus, which would make nipt Nera, used in " Helgakviða Hundingsbana I " for a Norn who comes in the night, an appelation derived from the Parcae, who were Erebus ' daughters.
During Hercules's journey to the underworld in the Dark Reign storyline, the Ancient One was seen in Erebus gambling for his resurrection.
During Hercules ' journey to the underworld, Namorita was seen in Erebus gambling for her resurrection.
For example, the Parícutin volcano erupted continuously between 1943-1952, Mount Erebus, Antarctica has produced Strombolian eruptions for at least many decades, and Stromboli itself has been producing Strombolian eruptions for several thousand years.
When Hercules ventures into the underworld, Foster can be seen in Erebus: the place in between life and death where those who feel they still have business in the mortal world ( ranging from Ancient One, Banshee, Baron Heinrich Zemo, Blink, Cobalt Man, Commander Kraken, Cypher, Darkstar, Elvis Presley, Hippolyta, Jackal, Jack of Hearts, Jack O ' Lantern, Namorita, Orka, Puck, Scourge of the Underworld, U-Go Girl, Veranke, and Wasp ) linger and gamble for their resurrection.

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