The Greek oral poet Hesiod's Theogony (8th century BCE) portrays Erebus as the offspring of Chaos, and as the brother of Nyx (Night), by whom he is the father of Aether (Brightness) and Hemera (Day). Sanskrit rájas, Gothic riqis, Old Norse røkkr). The name Ἔρεβος itself originates from Proto-Indo-European *h₁regʷ-es/os- "darkness" (cf. The perceived meaning of Erebus is "darkness" the first recorded instance of it was "place of darkness between earth and Hades". Hesiod's Theogony identifies him as one of the first five beings in existence, born of Chaos. In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Erebus ( / ˈ ɛr ɪ b ə s/ Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, "deep darkness, shadow"), or Erebos, is the personification of darkness and one of the primordial deities.
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