Elysium

[ ih-lizh-ee-uhm, ih-lee-zhee-, ih-liz-, ih-lee-zee- ]

noun

1. Also called E·ly·sian Fields [ih-, lee, -zh, uh, n , feeldz]. Classical Mythology. the abode of the blessed after death.
2. any similarly conceived abode or state of the dead.
3. any place or state of perfect happiness; paradise.
4. an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.

Elysium

/ ɪˈlɪzɪəm /

noun

1. Also calledElysian fields Greek myth the dwelling place of the blessed after death See also Islands of the Blessed
2. a state or place of perfect bliss

Word History and Origins

Origin of Elysium¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin, from Greek Ēlýsion ( pedíon ) “the Elysian (plain),” located in book 4 of the Odyssey on the western edge of the earth, by the stream Oceanus

Word History and Origins

Origin of Elysium¹

C16: from Latin, from Greek Ēlusion pedion Elysian (that is, blessed) fields

Example Sentences

“This way to the Elysium Fields. Keep left,” a High Walker called out.

From Literature

Those include Celestis and Elysium Space, companies that memorialize people by sending some of their remains to space.

From New York Times

The payloads from Celestis Inc. and Elysium Space are dubbed memorial spaceflights that carry symbolic portions of paying customers’ remains.

From Seattle Times

NASA’s stationary InSight lander launched to Mars in May 2018, touching down six months later in November in a plain called Elysium Planitia just north of the Martian equator.

From Scientific American

For people coming to this far-off Elysium from settled and rooted places points east, The Times offered this comfort, and endorsement of the colony system, in April 1888:

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• communion
• contentment
• ecstasy
• elation
• euphoria
• exaltation
• exhilaration