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Fabulae

A Latin author, Gaius Julius Hyginus, is only known for two works, Fabulae and Poetical Astronomy.

Fabulae is a handbook of mythology and was compiled probably in second century AD.

In the preface, the origins of Nyx and her offspring are listed.

"From Mist [Caligine] (was born) Chaos [Khaos]; from Chaos [Khaos], Night [Nyx], Day [Hemera], Erebus [Erebos], Aether [Aither]. From Night [Nyx] and Erebus [Erebos], Fate [Moros], Old Age [Geras], Death [Thanatos], Dissolution [Ker], *Continence [Sophrosyne], Sleep [Hypnos], Dreams [the Oneiroi], Love [Eros] - that is, Lysimeles, *Epiphron, Porphyrion, Epaphus [Epaphus], Discord [Eris], Wretchedness [Oizys], Wantonness [Hybris], Nemesis, Euphrosyne, Friendship [Philotes], Compassion [Eleos], Styx; the three Fates [the Moirai], namely, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos; the Hesperides, Aegle, Hesperie, *aerica."

Book sources:
Hyginus. The Myths of Hyginus. Translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Press. 1960.

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