Elysium
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Elysium is the blissful afterlife realm in ancient Greek belief where especially virtuous or heroic souls enjoyed eternal happiness.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
afterlife realm
ⓘ
concept in ancient Greek religion ⓘ mythological place ⓘ |
| afterlifeStatus |
paradisiacal
ⓘ
rewarding ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Elysian Fields
ⓘ
Elysian Fields ⓘ
surface form:
Elysian Plain
|
| AncientGreekName |
Ἠλύσια πεδία
ⓘ
Ἠλύσιον ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Cronus
ⓘ
surface form:
Cronus (in some accounts)
Hades ⓘ Persephone ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
blessed dead
ⓘ
heroic souls ⓘ virtuous souls ⓘ |
| category |
Greek underworld regions
ⓘ
mythological paradises ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Hades
ⓘ
Tartarus ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Greece ⓘ |
| describedAs |
blissful afterlife realm
ⓘ
place of eternal happiness ⓘ |
| eschatologicalRole | final destination for the blessed ⓘ |
| feature |
absence of toil
ⓘ
abundant light ⓘ eternal spring ⓘ pleasant meadows ⓘ |
| influenced | later concepts of paradise in Western culture ⓘ |
| inhabitantType |
demigods
ⓘ
heroes ⓘ righteous mortals ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
far western edge of the world (in some traditions)
ⓘ
underworld (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Works of Hesiod
ⓘ
surface form:
Hesiodic poetry
Homeric poetry ⓘ Pindar's odes ⓘ Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ |
| moralFunction |
reward for ethical conduct
ⓘ
reward for heroic excellence (aretē) ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| rewardFor |
favor of the gods
ⓘ
heroism ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine favor
ⓘ
ultimate happiness after death ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.