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In Greek mythology , Epiphron ( `` prudence , care '' ) was the son of Erebus and Nyx ; he was the daimon or spirit of prudence , shrewdness , thoughtfulness , carefulness and sagacity . In Greek mythology , Erebus , also ___MASK65___ (" deep darkness , shadow "), was often conceived as a primordial deity , representing the personification of darkness ; for instance , Hesiod ' s " Theogony " identifies him as one of the first five beings in existence , born of Chaos . Erebus features little in Greek mythological tradition and literature , but is said to have fathered several other deities with Nyx ; depending on the source of the mythology , this union includes Aether , Hemera , the Hesperides , Hypnos , the Moirai , Geras , Styx , Charon , and Thanatos . ___MASK77___ (" Zeús ", ; Modern , " Días " ) was the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion , who ruled as king of the gods of Mount Olympus . His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent ___MASK63___ . His mythologies and powers are similar , though not identical to those of the Indo - European deities such as Indra , ___MASK63___ , Perun , ___MASK55___ , and Odin . In Greek mythology , ___MASK11___ (" sleep ") is the personification of sleep ; the Roman equivalent is known as Somnus . The English word spirit , from Latin " spiritus " " breath ", has many different meanings and connotations , most of them relating to a non - corporeal substance contrasted with the material body . It can also refer to a " subtle " as opposed to " gross " material substance , as in the famous last paragraph of Sir ___MASK31___ Newton ' s " Principia Mathematica ". Nyx (" Night ") is the Greek goddess ( or personification ) of the night . A shadowy figure , Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation and mothered other personified deities such as ___MASK11___ ( Sleep ) and Thanatos ( Death ), with Erebus ( Darkness ). Her appearances are sparse in surviving mythology , but reveal her as a figure of such exceptional power and beauty that she is feared by Zeus himself . In Greek mythology Hemera (" day ") was the personification of day and one of the Greek primordial deities . She is the goddess of the daytime and , according to Hesiod , the daughter of Erebus and Nyx ( the goddess of night ). Hemera is remarked upon in ___MASK6___ ' s " De Natura Deorum ", where it is logically determined that " Dies " ( Hemera ) must be a god , if ___MASK22___ is a god . The poet Bacchylides states that Nyx and Chronos are the parents , but Hyginus in his preface to the " Fabulae " mentions Chaos as the mother / father and Nyx as her sister . In Greek mythology , the Hesperides are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunset , who were the " Daughters of the Evening " or " Nymphs of the West ". They tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world , located near the ___MASK51___ mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus , the world - ocean .