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Elysium (/ ɪ ˈ l ɪ z i. ə m, ɪ ˈ l ɪ ʒ ə m / [1]), otherwise known as the Elysian Fields (Ancient Greek: Ἠλύσιον πεδίον, Ēlýsion pedíon) or Elysian Plains, is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults.
For later Greek poets the very ancient pre-Homeric association of the asphodel flower with a positive form of afterlife as well as the enlarged role of Elysium as it became the destination of more than just a few lucky heroes, altered the character of the meadows. Greek poets who wrote after Homer's time describe them as untouched, lovely, soft ...
The Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blessed [1] [2] (Ancient Greek: μακάρων νῆσοι, makarōn nēsoi) [3] were semi-legendary islands in the Atlantic Ocean, variously treated as a simple geographical location and as a winterless earthly paradise inhabited by the heroes of Greek mythology.
Elysium, a 2013 movie starring Matt Damon; Elysian Fields, destination of Blanche Dubois in the 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams; Elysian Fields, secret society in the television series House of Cards; Elysian Fields, development company in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
In Greek mythology, the Land of dreams (or District of dreams; Ancient Greek: δῆμος ὀνείρων, romanized: dêmos oneírōn) [1] is a location in the Greek underworld mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey. [2]
Greece Wikipedia: WikiProject Greece ... Maybe it should just say something vague like "In Greek Mythology, Elysium was a final resting place of the heroic and virtuous."
Elysium (Elysian Fields) In Greek mythology, the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. Fortunate Isles (Islands of the Blessed) Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, variously treated as a simple geographical location and as a winterless earthly paradise inhabited by the heroes of Greek mythology. Garden of the Hesperides