1590s, from Latin Elysium, from Greek Elysion (pedion) "Elysian field," abode of the blessed after death, where heroes and the virtuous dwell, which is of unknown origin, perhaps from a pre- [..]

In Greek mythology, Elysium is the place where the blessed go after death (the Elysian Fields). An elysium is a place of ideal happiness.

(n) a place or condition of ideal happiness(n) (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death

The Heaven of the ancients. Nothing could be more ludicrous than this crude conception: instead of golden clouds, harps, crowns and a great white throne, there were fields, groves, streams, flowers an [..]

The name given the place where the elders meet and gather, commonly operas, theaters, or other places of high culture.

(Classical mythology) the home of the blessed after death. A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise. A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.