id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6873 Elysium - Wikipedia .html text/html 3664 529 78 The Elysian Fields were, according to Homer, located on the western edge of the Earth by the stream of Okeanos.[1] In the time of the Greek poet Hesiod, Elysium would also be known as the "Fortunate Isles", or the "Isles (or Islands) of the Blessed", located in the western ocean at the end of the earth.[1][7][8] The Isles of the Blest would be reduced to a single island by the Theban poet Pindar, describing it as having shady parks, with residents indulging in athletic and musical pastimes.[1][2] The ruler of Elysium varies from author to author: Pindar and Hesiod name Cronus as the ruler,[9] while the poet Homer in the Odyssey describes fair-haired Rhadamanthus dwelling there.[6][7][10][11] "The Isle of the Blessed" is also featured in the 2nd Century comedic novel "True Story" by Lucian of Samosata. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6873.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6873.txt