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In Greek mythology, Erebus (/ ˈ ɛr ə b ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, lit. 'darkness, gloom'), [ 2 ] or Erebos , is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod 's Theogony , he is the offspring of Chaos , and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of ...
It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition, on HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the Northwest Passage. In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism , they are stalked across the bleak Arctic ...
Erebus, a genus of noctuid moths; Erebus crystal, a type of feldspar; Erebus Motorsport, an Australian motor racing team; Mount Erebus disaster, a DC-10 crash on the Antarctic mountain in 1979 Erebus: The Aftermath, a New Zealand television miniseries about the accident
Ross, a captain of the Royal Navy, commanded HMS Erebus.Its sister ship, HMS Terror, was commanded by Ross' close friend, Captain Francis Crozier. [4]The botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, then aged 23 and the youngest person on the expedition, was assistant-surgeon to Robert McCormick, and responsible for collecting zoological and geological specimens.
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The book is divided into ten sections, each a story or poem written by members of the crew. Illustrations are shown throughout. The sections are as follows: The Ascent of Mount Erubus — T. W. Edgeworth David. An account of the first summiting of Mount Erebus by David and other members of the expedition. Midwinter Night — Nemo (E. H. Shackleton)
The Companion achieved "classic status" with the expanded fifth edition edited by novelist and scholar Margaret Drabble, [1] and the book was often referred to as "The Drabble". [ 2 ] Harvey's entries concerning Sir Walter Scott , much admired by Drabble in the introduction to the fifth edition, were reduced for reasons of space, in the sixth ...
In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (/ ˈ iː θ ər /; Ancient Greek: Αἰθήρ (Brightness) [1] pronounced [ai̯tʰɛ̌ːr]) is the personification of the bright upper sky.