Elysian

elysian English 2017 September 27 thumb|300px|Sebastiaen Vrancx, L’Elysée ou Enée retrouvant son père aux Champs Elysées (The Elysium, or Aeneas Finding His Father at the Elysian Fields, between 1597 and 1607), from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon in Lyon, France. It depicts a scene from Virgil’s Aeneid where Aeneas meets his father Anchises in Elysium. Etymology From en la Elysium (from en grc Ἠλύσιον Elysium; one of the Elysian Fields) en an adjective-forming suffix. Pronunciation en /ɪˈlɪz.i.ən/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elysian.wav Southern England en /ɪˈlɪʒ.ən/ /ɪˈli.ʒən/ GA en ɪʒən iːʒən 3 Proper noun en Greek mythology en Elysium the home of the blessed after death. Adjective - Of or pertaining to Elysian or Elysium, the location. en John Frederick Dennett The Second Voyage of Captain Parry The Voyages and Travels of Captains Parry, Franklin, Ross, and Mr. Belzoni; Forming an Interesting History of the Manners, Customs, and Characters of Various Nations, Visited by Enterprising Travellers London Published by J. Jacques and W. Wright, 13, Paternoster Row 1826 246 https://archive.org/stream/cihm_18290#page/n276/mode/1up/ 937425395 Departed spirits do not however make a joyful and immediate entrance into these elysian fields, but must first slide for the space of five days, or, according to others, for a still longer period, down a rough rock, which the Greenlanders, by a strange contradiction, represent to be quite bloody. en Alexander Henry; David Thompson Ethnography of Fort Vermilion w:Elliott Coues New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company and of David Thompson, Official Geographer of the Same Company 1799–1814: Exploration and Adventure among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia Rivers [...] In Three Volumes New York, N.Y. Francis P. Harper 1897 II part II (The Saskatchewan and Columbia Rivers) 529 https://archive.org/stream/newlightonearlyh02henr#page/529/mode/1up/ 421568505 But everyone that has lived a wicked life on earth, committed murder in his own nation, or been guilty of suicide, must pass by a different route to the Elysian fields. He has a steep precipice to climb, which gives him much pain and trouble; Blissful, happy, heavenly en Thesaurus:blissful 2 XXXVI 19 O vvho of man the ſtory vvill unfold, / Ere victory and empire vvrought annoy, / In that elyſian age (miſnamed of gold) / The age of love, and innocence and joy, en w:Louis Gillet Giulio Romano Charles G[eorge] Herbermann; et al. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church [...] In Fifteen Volumes New York, N.Y. Robert Appleton Company 1909 VI (Fathers–Gregory) 572, column 2 – 573, column 1 https://archive.org/stream/07470918.6.emory.edu/07470918_6#page/n651/mode/1up/ 831240612 Unlike Raphael's "Galatea" and his "Three Graces", examples of Elysian happiness in a race in the state of innocence, Giulio [Romano]'s decorations resemble saturnalia of lubricity itself. en H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft Astrophobos w:John Gregory Betancourt w:Adventure Tales Rockville, Md. w:Wildside Press spring 2007 1 4 117 https://books.google.com/books?id=rf_zAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA117 978-1-4344-3745-7 Mystic waves of beauty blended / With the gorgeous golden rays / Phantasies of bliss descended / In a myrrh'd Elysian haze. / In the lyre-born chords extended / Harmonies of Lydian lays. en David Turner Embracing the Examination Incubus 1945–1979 The Old Boys: The Decline and Rise of the Public School New Haven, Conn.; London w:Yale University Press 2015 193 https://books.google.com/books?id=D2bbBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA193 978-0-300-18992-6 Winchester College has an Elysian quality, doubtless appreciated by the classical masters who supplied its educational staple for most of its six-century history. Alternative forms en elysian Related terms en Elysian Fields Translations of or pertaining to Elysium Catalan: ca elisi French: fr élysée, fr élyséen, fr élysien Middle French: frm elysee, frm elysien Galician: gl elisio Italian: it elisio Latin: la Ēlysius Polish: pl elizejski Portuguese: pt elísio Spanish: es elíseo Noun An inhabitant of the mythological Elysium. Further reading Elysian (disambiguation) Elysian Fields Anagrams en aeilnsy Ainsley en Happiness Demonyms