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The 2013 dystopian film Elysium, starring Matt Damon used the name Elysium to describe the orbital space station of luxury that the rich live on in contrast to the ravaged Earth that the poor live on. [34] Videogames [ edit ] Elysium went by many names. It was sometimes called the White Island, and more often was referred to as the Islands of the Blessed. This realm was, precisely speaking, not a part of the underworld. Although it was reserved for those who had died, it was not under the purview of Hades. An interesting description about the term "Daughter of Elysium" from the classic Ode to Joy from the Wikipedia article Elysium: Post classical literature, is that: Elysium (I Go Crazy)" is a 2006 song by the British electronic dance music group Ultrabeat and Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer Scott Alexander Brown.

Clare, Israel Smith (1897). Library of Universal History, Volume 2: Ancient Oriental Nations and Greece. New York: R. S. Peale, J. A. Hill. After the Renaissance, an even cheerier Elysium evolved for some poets. Sometimes it is imagined as a place where heroes have continued their interests from their lives. Others suppose it is a location filled with feasting, sport, song; Joy is the "daughter of Elysium" in Friedrich Schiller's ode "To Joy". The poet Heinrich Heine explicitly parodied Schiller's sentiment in referring to the Jewish Sabbath food cholent as the "daughter of Elysium" in his poem "Princess Shabbat". [27] As the ruler of Elysium, Chronus would have had a position fitting of his station as both an elder Titan and the father of Zeus. It was, however, not a powerful enough position for Chronus to ever try to retake the throne he had lost.In post-classical writing, Elysium was still a famous source of inspiration. Its purpose as a peaceful paradise continued even though ideologies changed. Rengel, Marian (2009). Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z. Infobase Publishing. p.50. ISBN 978-1-60413-412-4. For leading the Titans, Zeus’s father had been imprisoned with most of his people in the pit of Tartaros. After several ages Zeus agreed to free the Titans he had once fought against.

The underworld Elysian Fields became a place for those who lived particularly virtuous and noble lives. While still difficult to reach, a person could be sent there through good deeds and devotion. According to the mythology, mortal souls headed to Elysium first had to drink from the River Lethe. Also known as the River of Forgetfulness, its waters caused drinkers to forget their sorrows before heading to an afterlife of pure happiness and joy.The Islands of the Blessed existed instead at the farthest edge of the physical world on the western stream of the wide river Oceanus that encircled the earth. Its remoteness and the dangers of crossing the expanse of Oceanus made it impossible to reach for those who were not sent there by the gods. Later on, the concept of reincarnation became quite prevalent. When that happened, the purpose of Elysium changed. The two realms became part of a multi-layered afterlife. Virtuous souls would gain entry into the lower level. If they regained entry into this netherworld Elysium realm after three reincarnations, they could finally rest in the Islands of the Blessed. The fourth death granted entry into paradise, allowing souls to dwell with heroes of myth for all eternity. Elysian Beach in Antarctica and Elysium Mons on Mars are named after the Elysian Fields, as is the aforementioned avenue des Champs-Élysées. Probably influenced by Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, some Greeks began to believe that souls reincarnated from the underworld Elysium might eventually be able to earn their way onto the Islands of the Blessed. Homer had a different idea. He said that the rule of Elysium was the fair-haired Rhadamanthus. Rhadamanthus was the King of Crete and one of the many sons of Zeus. Even in Pindar’s retelling, Rhadamanthus was in Elysium. But rather than ruling it, he sat as the right-hand man of Cronus.

While the subterranean Elysian Fields was a more comfortable and enjoyable afterlife than the Asphodel Meadows, it was still imperfect. The location of Elysium changed a bit throughout Greek mythology as well. Homer’s earlier descriptions mention its location at the western edge of the Earth. Cadmus – The founder of Thebes and the husband of the goddess Harmonia was granted access to Elysium after his death.In Masami Kurumada's mythologically themed Saint Seiya comic books, the Elysium is the setting of the final chapters of the Hades arc. In it, the Saints, the warriors of Athena's army, traverse the Underworld to defeat its ruler, the ruthless Hades and rescue their kidnapped goddess. The Saints discover that the only way to kill Hades is to destroy his true body, which has rested in Elysium since the ages of myth. The Saints then invade Elysium, which Kurumada depicts as described in Greek mythology, and carry on their mission after a difficult battle with the deity. Hylton, Jeremy. "Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 2". The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. MIT . Retrieved 26 June 2011. Eventually, the people of Greece saw even this as a possible next step toward paradise. A truly virtuous soul could be judged worthy after three lifetimes and earn a place in paradise. Elysium is the name of the setting from the 1997 video game Mega Man Legends and its sequel where its a gigantic space colony that homes the last vestiges of humanity and most of the events of the story either occur or revolve around.

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