Elysian Fields
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Figuratively, “Elysian Fields” are a place of supreme happiness and bliss.
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The goodness starts with ground meat from the esteemed Elysian Fields and is spurred along by pickled peppers, a shake of Lo-Pro and squares of sesame focaccia.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
His next role – and the last substantial one he would take until The Burnt Orange Heresy – came in The Man from Elysian Fields.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2020
“I went over to their house to meet Shea and watched him throw in the driveway to his brother,” recalled Moore, who now coaches at Elysian Fields High School in East Texas.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2018
She has also found her own black Elysian Fields — mythic and real, delusional and definitive — where DuBoisian figures lecture, books are plenty, and love is possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2016
But the road to the right led to the Elysian Fields where Aeneas would find his father.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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