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Elysian Fields

Tia Cookenmaster

While the underworld may be for the deceased, it contains live meadows, and other living things. There are some aspects of the under world that have thriving beauty, and in some texts, such as Book VI of the //Aeneid,// there is radiating pleasantness. In Greek mythology the ElysianFields, or also knownas Elysium, represents a form of a final resting place for souls that were heroic. it has also been given the name "The Isle of the Blessed" (Aeneid). The first known reference to this the meadow is in Homer. it is stated that this was the place that those in good favor with the Greek God Zeus, could enjoy some time of peace and comfort. people in the Elysian Fields would compose poetry, sing and dance. though, this could only occur if the individual was deemed worthy enough to even enter. the under ground world is often times portrayed as a dark and dismal place. the importance of the Elysian Fields is that it was able to shed some positive light on the underground. in a way, it has changed the way greek mythology is perceived as a whole.

Virgil. The Aeneid. Trans. John Dryden. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909. Print.

N.A. ancienthistory.about. April, 2013. web