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elysian

Elysian (proper noun)

Sebastiaen Vrancx, L’Elysée ou Enée retrouvant son père aux Champs Elysées, 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.

1

(Greek mythology) Elysium (“the home of the blessed after death”).

Elysian (noun)

1

An inhabitant of the mythological Elysium.

Elysian (adjective)

1

Of or pertaining to Elysian or Elysium, the location.

2

Blissful, happy, heavenly.

elysian (adjective)

1

Alternative letter-case form of Elysian.