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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 304 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ELYSIUM , in See also:

Greek See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the Elysian See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, the See also:

ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode of the righteous after their removal from See also:

earth. In See also:

HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer (Od. iv. 563) this region is a See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain at the farthest end of the earth on the See also:

banks of the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

OCEANUS (Gr. 'Slrceavts)

Oceanus, where the See also:

FAIR

fair-haired Rhadamanthys rules, and where the See also:

PEOPLE

people are vexed by neither See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow nor See also:

storm, See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat nor See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold, the See also:

air being always tempered by the zephyr wafted from the ocean. It is no dwelling of the dead nor See also:

PART

part of the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

WORLD

world, but distinguished heroes are translated thither without dying, to live a See also:

LIFE

life of perfect happiness. In See also:

HESIOD

Hesiod (W. and D. 166) the same description is given of the Islands of the Blessed under the See also:

RULE

rule of Cronus, which yield three harvests yearly. Here, according to See also:

PINDAR (Gr. HivSapos, c. 522–443 B.c.)

Pindar, Rhadamanthys sits by the See also:

side of his See also:

FATHER

father Cronus and ad-ministers See also:

JUDGMENT

judgment (01. ii. 61, Frag. 95). All who have successfully gone through a triple See also:

PROBATION

probation on earth are admitted to See also:

SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share these blessings. In later accounts (Aeneid, vi. 541) Elysium was regarded as part of the underworld, the See also:

home of the righteous dead adjudged worthy of it by the tribunal of See also:

MINOS

Minos, Rhadamanthys and See also:

AEACUS

Those who had lived evil lives were thrust down into See also:

TARTARUS

Tartarus, where they suffered endless torments.

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