Elysian

/ɪˈlɪz.i.ən/

Synonyms for "elysian" (40 found)

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aesthetic descriptorliterary descriptormythological adjectivepoetic adjectivepoetic epithet

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celestial beautycelestial realmdelightful sceneheavenly cityidyllic landscapeimmortal paradiseparadisiacal landscapeserene mood

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elysian atmosphereelysian beautyelysian fieldselysian gardenelysian landscapeparadisiacal bliss

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more elysianmost elysian

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So, too, in his descriptions of the Elysian Fields and of Tartarus, Virgil simply reproduces in substance the many similar descriptions which occur in the Greek poets and philosophers; and although he perfects these with many exquisite touches of his own, such original contributions of his belong rather to the domain of art than of eschatology.

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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.

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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; […]

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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, […]

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