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Elysium

[ih-lizh-ee-uhm, ih-lee-zhee-, ih-liz-, ih-lee-zee-]

noun

  1. Also called Elysian Fields.Classical Mythology.the abode of the blessed after death.

  2. any similarly conceived abode or state of the dead.

  3. any place or state of perfect happiness; paradise.

  4. an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.



Elysium

/ ɪˈɪɪə /

noun

  1. Also called: Elysian fields.Greek myth the dwelling place of the blessed after death See also Islands of the Blessed

  2. a state or place of perfect bliss

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Elysium1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin, from Greek ĒýDz ( íDz ) “the Elysian (plain),” located in book 4 of the Odyssey on the western edge of the earth, by the stream Oceanus
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Elysium1

C16: from Latin, from Greek Ēlusion pedion Elysian (that is, blessed) fields
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Devon's a disheveled, sweaty wreck storming the gates of the Kells’ orderly Elysium precisely when Michaela’s garden party is kicking off, the first of several she's planned for that weekend.

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“This way to the Elysium Fields. Keep left,” a High Walker called out.

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Those include Celestis and Elysium Space, companies that memorialize people by sending some of their remains to space.

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The payloads from Celestis Inc. and Elysium Space are dubbed memorial spaceflights that carry symbolic portions of paying customers’ remains.

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NASA’s stationary InSight lander launched to Mars in May 2018, touching down six months later in November in a plain called Elysium Planitia just north of the Martian equator.

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