ID: 901000317 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000317	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Elysium (Greek legendary place)

Note: In Greek mythology, originally the paradise to which heroes on whom the gods conferred immortality were sent. It probably was retained from Minoan religion. In Homer’s writings the Elysian Plain was a land of perfect happiness at the end of the Earth, on the banks of the Oceanus. A similar description was given by Hesiod of the Isles of the Blessed. In the earlier authors, only those specially favoured by the gods entered Elysium and were made immortal. By the time of Hesiod, however, Elysium was a place for the blessed dead, and, from Pindar on, entrance was gained by a righteous life. Later writers made it a particular part of Hades, as in Virgil, Aeneid, Book VI.

Names:

	Elysium (Greek legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Elysian Fields (Greek legendary place) (English,U,N)
	Elysian Plain (Greek legendary place) (English,U,N)
	Ἠλύσιον πεδίον (Greek legendary place) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek legendary places> (P)
		............Elysium (Greek legendary place) (I)

Related Iconography:

	distinguished from .... Hades
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek legendary places, Hades (Greco-Roman legendary place)) [901000849]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... paradise (doctrinal concept)
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Elysium (Greek legendary place)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85042655
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 93E7 Elysium, Elysian Fields ...
	Elysian Fields (Greek legendary place)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Elysian Plain (Greek legendary place)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ἠλύσιον πεδίον (Greek legendary place)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Elysium," accessed 5 July 2017