place
the Elysian Plain
Elysium
also: Ἠλύσιον πεδίον
A paradise at the ends of the earth, free of snow and storm, to which the gods will send Menelaus instead of death, as Zeus's son-in-law.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §4.555 the Elysian plain
A stormless paradise at the world's edge, Menelaus's promised afterlife as Zeus's son-in-law.