Elysian Plain
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Elysian plain · Elysian plains · Elysium · the Elysian plain
spoken of as
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Stromata
Mythical resting place of the blessed dead, cited as a poetic image of a just commonwealth.
for the Hyperborean and the Arimaspian cities and the Elysian plains are commonwealths of the just.
Orations
A mythical afterlife locale described by Homer, identified by the speaker with a real region of Egypt.
And Homer well-nigh knows this too and hints at it, saying that Menelaus after death was sent by the gods to the Elysian plain, where there is neither snow nor winter, but clear air throughout the year and a gentle climate;