Re: [tied] Greek mithology

At 6:53:32 AM on Sunday, September 5, 2004, alex wrote:

> Now some questions. I will take first the godes Nix which
> seems to fit with her name that what she was. The godess
> of the night. (Latin "nox"/noctis, Greek "nux", "nuktis"
> etc). -the "i" there in Nix should be from what Greek
> dialect?

What <i>? Her name is generally given as <Nux>, with
upsilon, identical to the word for 'night' (<nux>, <nukt->).

> Dorian, Ionian? The husband of Nix. That is the good
> Erebus. Here I have no idea about its etimology.

Greek <Érebos>. Watkins derives it from a PIE *h1regW-
'darkness', Pokorny's *regWos-. Leiden's down, as usual, so
I can't tell you what Pokorny says.

Brian