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ELYSIUM

Volume 4 · 52 words · 1778 Edition

or Elysian Fields, in heathen mythology, certain plains, abounding with woods, fountains, verdure, and every delightful object; supposed to be the habitation of heroes and good men after death.

According to some, the fable of Elysium is of Phoenician extraction, or rather founded upon the account of paradise delivered in the Scriptures.