Ἠλύσιον

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Ἠλύσιον is the Ancient Greek term for Elysium, the blissful afterlife realm reserved for heroes and the virtuous in Greek mythology.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ἠλύσιον canonical 1
Ἠλύσιον (Elysion) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept in ancient Greek religion ⓘ
location in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological afterlife realm ⓘ
afterlifeFor mortals favored by the gods ⓘ
righteous souls ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Cronus ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
conceptualOrigin hero cults in ancient Greece ⓘ
contrastedWith Asphodel Meadows ⓘ
Tartarus ⓘ
surface form: Tartarus (place of punishment)
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
describedAs blissful afterlife realm for heroes and the virtuous ⓘ
eschatologicalRole final destination of blessed souls ⓘ
hasEnvironment abundant light ⓘ
gentle breezes ⓘ
meadows ⓘ
perpetual spring ⓘ
hasQuality blissful ⓘ
paradisiacal ⓘ
reserved for the righteous ⓘ
hasSymbolicMeaning divine favor after death ⓘ
reward for virtue ⓘ
influenced later concepts of paradise in Western thought ⓘ
inhabitantClass demigods ⓘ
heroes ⓘ
the virtuous ⓘ
label Elysian Fields ⓘ
Elysium ⓘ
Ἠλύσιον ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedIn Homeric poetry ⓘ
later Greek and Roman literature ⓘ
works of Pindar ⓘ
mythology Greek mythology ⓘ
nativeLabel Ἠλύσιον ⓘ
opposedTo Hades ⓘ
surface form: Hades (general realm of the dead)

Tartarus ⓘ
partOf Greek underworld ⓘ
relatedConcept Fields of Asphodel ⓘ
Isle of the Blessed ⓘ
surface form: Isles of the Blessed

Tartarus ⓘ
roleInBeliefSystem ultimate reward for exemplary lives ⓘ
timePeriodOfBelief Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elysium → AncientGreekName → Ἠλύσιον ⓘ
Ἠλύσια πεδία → etymologyRelatedTo → Ἠλύσιον ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ἠλύσιον (Elysion)