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Elysian Fields

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Elysian Fields
pl.n. Greek Mythology
The abode of the blessed after death.
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Noun1.Elysian Fields - (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death
Elysium
Heaven - the abode of God and the angels
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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ONE pleasant day in the latter part of eternity, as the Shades of all the great writers were reposing upon beds of asphodel and moly in the Elysian fields, each happy in hearing from the lips of the others nothing but copious quotation from his own works (for so Jove had kindly bedeviled their ears), there came in among them with triumphant mien a Shade whom none knew.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Mary then looked at him as Dido looked at AEneas in the Elysian fields, fierce and disdainful.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
I am not meddling with theology but it seems to me that in the Elysian fields she'll have her place in a very special company.
The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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