In Greek mythology, Erebus was the personification of darkness, representing the shadowy realm that preceded the appearance of light. Erebus was believed to be the offspring of Chaos, the primeval void from which all creation emerged.
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In the darkness the moon smiled in the sacred sky
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Metaphor - "The wind was a torrent of darkness" Alliteration - "cobbles, clattered, creaked" Onomatopoeia - "creaked" Simile - "his hair like mouldy hay" Personification - "There was Death at every window"
Erebus does not have a surviving artistic rendering from ancient Greece. He was only the personification of darkness.
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The lightning danced across the sky, illuminating the darkness with its fiery tendrils.
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