indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Other
Usage Greek Mythology
Meaning & History
in Greek mythology, Elysium was the name of the place in the Underworld where souls who had led honorable, heroic lives went. It has since been portrayed as "paradise".
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Means "place of eternal happiness" in Greek. In Greek mythology, Elysium was a section of the Underworld (The Elysian Fields, or the Elysian Plains), were the final resting places of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous.
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Means "place of eternal happiness" in Greek. In Greek mythology, Elysium was a section of the Underworld (The Elysian Fields, or the Elysian Plains), were the final resting places of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous.