re [tied] Greek mithology

As well as 'Nix' instead of 'Nyx' there is another (maybe not
significant) slip in relation to the name of a divinity - Ouranos'
son is Kronos, not 'Chronos'.

At 15:11 UT today Brian M. Scott wrote:

>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