Elysium
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Elysium, otherwise known as the Elysian Fields, Elysian Plains or Elysian Realm, is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical
Goethe's Ankunft im Elysia by Franz Nadorp
Ancient Greek funerary vase (5th century BC). On the face a young woman and a young man pick fruit from a tree. This depicts the afterlife in the Elysian Fields, where the blessed dead enjoyed golden fruits.
Wax cabinet with the three fathers of the French Revolution, Franklin, Voltaire and Rousseau, installed at Elysium, 1792, (Musée de la Révolution française)
Elysian Fields by Carl Schwabe, 1903
Rhadamanthus
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In Greek mythology, Rhadamanthus or Rhadamanthys was a wise king of Crete. As the son of Zeus and Europa he was considered a demigod. He later became one of the judges of the dead and an important fig
Elysium
…ruler of Elysium varies from author to author: Pindar and Hesiod name Cronus as the ruler, while the poet Homer in the Odyssey describes fair-haired Rhadamanthus dwelling there. "The Isle of the Blessed" is also featured in the 2nd-century comedic novel A True Story by Lucian of Samosata. The word Elysium derives…
Depiction of Rhadamanthys in the Tomb of Judgement, Lefkadia, c. 300–250 BC
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