Elysian Fields
Elysian Fields may refer to:
In mythology:
- Elysium, Paradise; In Greek mythology, the Elysian Fields were the final resting place of the blessed chosen by the gods; Part of the Greek underworld .
In geography:
- Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, site of the first organized baseball game
- Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris.
- Elysian Fields, Texas is a rural community in Harrison County, Texas.
- In Mexico City, Campos Eliseos is a street in the Polanco neighborhood where several of the city's best hotels and restaurants are located.
- Elysian, Minnesota of Le Sueur County, Minnesota is a town of 550 residents.
- In Nova Scotia, Canada, a rural community near Minudie, on the Bay of Chignecto.
- Nyack, New York has a street named Elysian Avenue.
- Campos Elíseos is a popular name for neighbourhoods and districts in Brazil, found for instance in São Paulo and Duque de Caxias.
- There is a frozen sea on Mars called Elysium.
- Near downtown Los Angeles, Elysian Park "is the city's oldest public park and, at 575-acres, the second largest after Griffith Park. It is home to numerous historic sites, including the Los Angeles Police Academy and Barlow Hospital, that are linked by miles of walking trails."
In the arts:
- A song by British electronic music band The Future Sound of London
- Elysian Fields (band), an American Art Rock band.
- The Elysian Fields (band), a Greek black-metal band
- The street in New Orleans that is a setting and a symbolic element in A Streetcar Named Desire
- A song by American heavy metal band, Megadeth
- A fictional territory in the BattleTech universe.
- A song by Irish Post-rock band God is an Astronaut
- The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) a movie, Starring: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger; Director: George Hickenlooper
- A song Champs-Élysées by Joe Dassin
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Elysian Fields". Image Credit.
