Elysium
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Oct 22, 2026
Anya LeonardHOST
it's being surrounded by the heat yeah it's so boring it's just like one version
Ben PotterGUEST
i surrounded by cold would be my idea of health but And then there's the Elysian Fields, which is supposed to be more of a paradise.
Ben PotterGUEST
But in general, it just seems to be our place.
Ben PotterGUEST
And it's where everybody goes.
Ariel I. GaoHOST
And please do not annoy Cerberus, because today we are following one of the most famous journeys into the Roman underworld, Aeneas' journey into the Aeneid.
Ariel I. GaoHOST
And in this episode, we'll talk about what Romans thought happened after death, how their underworld compared with the Greek version, the Sibyl, Charon, Cerberus, Tartarus, Elysium, and the Mysterious Rivers, and how Aeneas basically gets shown a trailer for the future of Rome.
Ariel I. GaoHOST
So finally, let's enter the Roman underworld.
Ariel I. GaoHOST
Before we start our journey, there's one thing we need to clear up.
11 MINS LATER
Ariel I. GaoHOST
Luckily, Aeneas, as I said, is not going through those gates.
Ariel I. GaoHOST
Instead, his destination lies somewhere very different.
Ariel I. GaoHOST
Elysium.
Ariel I. GaoHOST
And suddenly, the atmosphere changes.
Hannah MaguireHOST
Yep, yep, yep.
Hannah MaguireHOST
Then you have the Elysian Fields, which is a paradise reserved for heroes and the most virtuous.
Hannah MaguireHOST
Then there's the Tartarus, the deepest pit reserved for sinners and enemies of the gods.
Hannah MaguireHOST
And again, the punishments are very bespoke.
David RonaldNARRATOR
On this, he comments as follows, quote, "The divine men of a former age have spoken of a happy life reserved for the souls of the blessed.
David RonaldNARRATOR
Some designated it the Isles of the Blest, and others the Elysian Plain, so-called because they were there to be delivered from their present evils.
David RonaldNARRATOR
Thus Homer says, 'But the gods shall send thee to the Elysian Plain on the borders of the earth, where they lead a most quiet life.' Plato also, who believed in the immortality of the soul, distinctly gives the name land to the place where it is sent.
David RonaldNARRATOR
'The extent of it,' says he, 'is immense, and we only occupy a small portion of it from the Phasis to the Pillars of Hercules, where we dwell along the shores of the sea as grasshoppers and frogs beside a marsh.
David RonaldNARRATOR
But there are many other places inhabited in like manner by other men.
AngelicaHOST
Every flash, you're like, "Oh, I hope it's not here." It's so nerve-wracking.
AdelinePANELIST
But Elysium, I, it was pretty cool.
AdelinePANELIST
One thing I liked about it was the same joy they took in arms and chariots when alive follows them now that they rest beneath the earth, and it was very Earth-like, and I liked that.
AdelinePANELIST
There's grass.
EstherPANELIST
See-
AdelinePANELIST
That's a-
EstherPANELIST
... that right in Elysium
AdelinePANELIST
... that's a bad, yeah, if, if anybody wanted to punish me, that'd be the way.
Deb BowenHOST
The judges would then decide where you go.
Deb BowenHOST
Soldiers who died in battle went to the Elysian Fields, which were like a perfect paradise.
Deb BowenHOST
If you led a good, decent life, you'd go to the Plain of Asphodel.
Deb BowenHOST
If you were bad, you'd go to Tartarus, where you'd remain until you had atoned for your sins.
Joseph HattrupGUEST
But through the gate of ivory pass deceptive dreams whose messages are never accomplished.
Joseph HattrupGUEST
Is this the fate of Aeneas? That he brings a message, a good news perhaps, that will never be accomplished? What is the message brought forth by this dream man from Elysium? It has many parts, but perhaps the most glamorous are the message that there will be a man called Caesar Augustus who will once again bring a golden age to Latium and also the exhortation to exercise the arts of justice and peace.
Joseph HattrupGUEST
Roman, remember by your strength to rule Earth's peoples, for your arts are to be these, to pacify, to impose the rule of law, to spare the conquered, to battle down the proud.
Joseph HattrupGUEST
The implication is that this exhortation will be obeyed.
Joseph HattrupGUEST
She reappears in a surprising way, but in a way that I'm going to argue should not surprise us.
Joseph HattrupGUEST
Okay, so part one is on the golden bow.
Joseph HattrupGUEST
I want to try to construct the context of Aeneas' visit to Anchises in Elysium in terms of Aeneas' relation with Queen Dido, because I think that she provides us with the primary emotional canvas on which the future Romans and their actions are painted.
Joseph HattrupGUEST
Book six, in which the underworld sequence takes place, regularly and deliberately recreates scenes from book four in which Dido meets her end.