elysian fields

• Phrase désignant un lieu ou un état de bonheur parfait, de félicité ou de paradis, issue de la mythologie grecque où les Champs Élysées étaient le lieu de repos après la mort pour les héros et les gens vertueux.

A phrase referring to a place or state of perfect happiness, bliss, or paradise, derived from Greek mythology where the Elysian Fields were the afterlife resting place for heroes and the virtuous.

1. Mythological paradiseC1formal

   In Greek mythology, the Elysian Fields (or Elysium) is the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous, a paradise of perfect happiness.

   Champs Élysées (mythologie)

   • In Homer's epics, the Elysian Fields are described as a land of eternal spring.
   • The hero was granted passage to the Elysian Fields after his death.
   • Ancient Greeks believed only the most righteous could dwell in the Elysian Fields.

2. Place of ideal happinessC1formal

   Any place or state of perfect bliss, contentment, or beauty.

   Champs Élysées

   • The garden was like the Elysian Fields, full of flowers and peace.
   • For the artist, the studio was his own Elysian Fields.
   • They described the island as the Elysian Fields of the modern world.