a place of complete happiness. According to ancient Greek stories, Elysium is the place where good people go after their death. = paradise. or Elysian Fields Ancient Greek paradise reserved for heroes to whom the gods had granted immortality. Homer described it as a land of perfect happiness at the end of the earth, on the banks of the Oceanus River. From the time of Pindar ( 500 BC) on, Elysium was imagined as a dwelling place for those who had lived a righteous life