Once again they are mostly dreadful forces of nature. In his De natura deorum ( On the Nature of Gods), the Roman statesman and scholar Cicero noted that the Greek philosopher Carneades attributed many children to Erebus and Nyx together. It was Gaea’s line that produced most of the well-known Olympian deities, including Zeus and Hera. Erebus and Nyx’s children were largely abstract, as they were only lightly personified forces of nature. Other writers, however, sometimes attributed these beings to both Nyx and Erebus. Nyx alone, however, was said to have produced Thanatos (death), Hypnos (sleep), the Moirai (Fates), Nemesis (retribution), and many other dark phenomena. Hesiod further claimed that Erebus and Nyx created Aether, the bright air, and Hemera, day. These beings were usually portrayed as forces or phenomena rather than the more anthropomorphic gods of popular mythology. From Chaos sprang her children, Erebus and Nyx. Chaos was joined by other primordial deities, including Gaea, the personification of the earth Tartarus, the underworld in the depths of the earth and Eros, the god of love. According to Hesiod, in the beginning of the universe there was Chaos, the formless abyss from which the form of the universe emerged. The standard cosmology of Greek myth comes from Hesiod’s Theogony, which describes a kind of genealogy of the gods. He is the son of Chaos, who is also the mother of Erebus’s wife, Nyx, the personification of night. Erebus is one of the primordial beings in the Greek creation myth. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Įrebus, also spelled Erebos, in Greek religion, the god of a dark region of the underworld and the personification of darkness.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning. ![]() 100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.
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