Ἠλύσια πεδία

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Ἠλύσια πεδία refers to the Elysian Fields, the blissful afterlife realm in ancient Greek mythology reserved for heroes and the righteous.

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Ἠλύσια πεδία canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife realm ⓘ
concept in ancient Greek religion ⓘ
mythological place ⓘ
accessCondition divine favor ⓘ
exceptional virtue ⓘ
heroic lineage ⓘ
afterlifeRole reward for heroic deeds ⓘ
reward for virtue ⓘ
associatedWith Hades ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
gods of the underworld ⓘ
characteristic absence of suffering ⓘ
eternal happiness ⓘ
green meadows ⓘ
music and feasting ⓘ
pleasant climate ⓘ
contrastedWith Asphodel Meadows ⓘ
Tartarus ⓘ
cosmologicalContext Greek underworld ⓘ
culture ancient Greek ⓘ
depictedIn ancient Greek art ⓘ
describedAs blissful afterlife realm ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo Ἠλύσιον (Elysion) ⓘ
linked to: Ἠλύσιον
governedBy Rhadamanthus ⓘ
influenced later Greco-Roman ideas of heaven ⓘ
inhabitants blessed dead ⓘ
mythic heroes ⓘ
label Elysian Fields ⓘ
Elysium ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
locationInMyth Islands of the Blessed ⓘ
linked to: Isle of the Blessed

far western edge of the world ⓘ
mentionedIn Homeric poetry ⓘ
linked to: Homeric epics

later Greek literature ⓘ
works of Pindar ⓘ
mood joyful ⓘ
moralFunction expresses Greek ideas of posthumous reward ⓘ
opposedTo punitive afterlife ⓘ
realmType section of the underworld ⓘ
relatedConcept blessed isles ⓘ
paradise ⓘ
reservedFor heroes ⓘ
the righteous ⓘ
those favored by the gods ⓘ
symbolizes ultimate reward in Greek mythology ⓘ
timePerception eternal life ⓘ

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

Elysium → AncientGreekName → Ἠλύσια πεδία ⓘ