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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Er·e·bus /ˈɛrəbəs/
 陽間與陰間當中的黑暗界

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Er·e·bus n.
 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Erebus
      n : (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the
          underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of
          Aether and Day