Definitions for Elysium
ɪˈlɪʒ i əm, ɪˈlɪz-ely·si·um

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elysiumnoun

   a place or condition of ideal happiness

2. Elysium, Elysian Fieldsnoun

   (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elysiumadjective

   blissful; euphoric

2. Elysiumadjective

   of or pertaining to Elysium.

3. Elysiumnoun

   (Classical mythology) the home of the blessed after death.

4. Elysiumnoun

   A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise.

5. Elysiumnoun

   A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

6. Etymology: Latin, from Greek Ἠλύσιον (πεδίον) Ēlusion (pedion).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elysiumnoun

   The place assigned by the heathens to happy souls; any place exquisitely pleasant.

   Etymology: Latin.

   To have thee with thy lips to stop my mouth,
   So should’st thou either turn my flying soul,
   Or I should breathe it so into thy body,
   And then it liv’d in sweet Elysium. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

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1. Elysium

   Elysium (, ), 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. It was initially separated from the Greek underworld--the realm of Hades. Only mortals related to the gods and other heroes could be admitted past the river Styx. Later, the conception of who could enter was expanded to include those chosen by the gods, the righteous, and the heroic. They would remain at the Elysian Fields after death, to live a blessed and happy afterlife, and indulge in whatever enjoyment they had enjoyed in life.The Elysian Fields were, according to Homer, located on the western edge of the Earth by the stream of Okeanos. In the time of the Greek poet Hesiod, Elysium would also be known as the "Fortunate Isles", or the "Isles (or Islands) of the Blessed", located in the western ocean at the end of the earth. The Isles of the Blessed would be reduced to a single island by the Theban poet Pindar, describing it as having shady parks, with residents indulging in athletic and musical pastimes.The ruler of Elysium varies from author to author: Pindar and Hesiod name Cronus as the ruler, while the poet Homer in the Odyssey describes fair-haired Rhadamanthus dwelling there. "The Isle of the Blessed" is also featured in the 2nd-century comedic novel A True Story by Lucian of Samosata.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elysiumnoun

   a dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise

2. Elysiumnoun

   hence, any delightful place

3. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. 'Hly`sion, 'Hly`sion pedi`on, Elysian field.]

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1. Elysium

   Elysium or the Elysian Fields is a conception of the afterlife that evolved over time and was maintained by certain Greek religious and philosophical sects, and cults. Initially separate from the realm of Hades, admission was initially reserved for mortals related to the gods and other heroes. Later, it expanded to include those chosen by the gods, the righteous, and the heroic, where they would remain after death, to live a blessed and happy life, and indulging in whatever employment they had enjoyed in life. The Elysian Fields were, according to Homer, located on the western edge of the Earth by the stream of Okeanos. In the time of the Greek oral poet Hesiod, Elysium would also be known as the Fortunate Isles or the Isles of the Blessed, located in the western ocean at the end of the earth. The Isles of the Blessed would be reduced to a single island by the Thebean poet Pindar, describing it as having shady parks, with residents indulging their athletic and musical pastimes. The ruler of Elysium varies from author to author: Pindar and Hesiod name Cronus as the ruler, while the poet Homer in the Odyssey describes fair-haired Rhadamanthus dwelling there.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elysium

   e-lizh′i-um, n. (myth.) among the Greeks, the abode of the blessed after death: any delightful place.—adj. Elys′ian, pertaining to Elysium: delightful: glorious. [L.,—Gr. ēlysion (pedion), the Elysian (plain).]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elysium

   the abode of the shades of the virtuous dead in the nether world as conceived of by the poets of Greece and Rome, where the inhabitants live a life of passive blessedness, which, however, is to such a man as Achilles a place of woe rather and unrest, where he would fain exchange places with the meanest hind that breathes in the upper world.

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1. elysium

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Elysium in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Elysium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Elysium in a Sentence

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   If a man knows the law, find out, though he live in a pine shanty, and resort to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the imprisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint a landscape, and convey into souls and ochres all the enchantments of Spring or Autumn; or can liberate and intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious songs and verses; it is certain that the secret cannot be kept; the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and tens and fifties to his doors.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Elysium
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Elysium
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Elysium
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Elysium
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Elysium
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Elysium
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Elysium