Elysium
/ɪˈlɪziəm/noun
A place or condition of ideal happiness; paradise.
Did you know?In ancient mythology, Elysium was reserved for heroes and the virtuous, a place where souls would experience eternal bliss after death, free from earthly struggles.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*el-
“to go away, to ascend”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ἠλύσιον (Ēlýsion)
“a blissful afterlife or paradise for the righteous”
Latin
Latin
Elysium
“the land of the blessed dead, a heavenly realm”
Middle English
Middle English
Elysium
“a reference to the paradise of the virtuous in classical mythology”
Modern English
English
Elysium
“used to denote any idyllic or heavenly place, often in literary contexts.”
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