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Elysian Fields
/ɪˈlɪʒən/
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What does Elysian Fields mean?
proper noun
- Elysium; home of the blessed, after death.
- A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise.
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The gods, says the poet, have placed labour and toil on the way leading to the Elysian fields.
He broke with Mr. Pope, who is deified in the Elysian fields, before the inscription for his head was finished.
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"The Elysian Fields (the happy islands) were commonly placed in the remote west. They were ruled over by Chronos."
What's the use of yearning for Elysian Fields when you know you can't get `em, and would only let `em out on building leases if you had `em?
The soft western and southerly winds which breathe upon them sometimes produce gentle sprinkling showers, which they convey along with them from the sea, but more usually bring days of moist bright weather, cooling and gently fertilizing the soil, so that the firm belief prevails even among the barbarians, that this is the seat of the blessed, and that these are the Elysian Fields celebrated by Homer.