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Erebus — OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Classics · key term

Erebus

Definition

The dark realm below the earth associated with the dead; in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hermes travels there to retrieve Persephone.

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OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199

Paper 1

Zeus now sends Hermes, the messenger god, down into Erebus. Hermes finds Hades sitting on a couch with Persephone in his house. She remains there against her will, longing for her mother.
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