Yet the dream of a manufacturing elysium was delusive: the state's population rose only from 213,000 in 1921 to 227,000 in 1933, and the government often faced bankruptcy.
Geoffrey may have been attempting to connect his "island of apples" with Celtic mythology's traditions of an elysium; and the name Avalon is certainly close to the Welsh word for apple, afal.
The film's bow compares to superior $37.4m and $29.8m openings for District 9 and Elysium in 2009 and 2013, though the film-maker will hope to do better outside north America.
The official Elysium website – actually a pretty slick time-sink, complete with fun games and other unique extras – was hidden behind the instantly forgettable and grammatically maddening URL, ItsBetterUpThere.com.com
The Johannesburg-set dystopian tale, from District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp, knocked Will Smith heist caper Focus off the top spot despite mostly negative reviews.
Giovanni Schiaperelli, an Italian astronomer, created a detailed gazetteer of the planet in the 19th century, using such beguiling names as Olympus and Elysium for the features he saw through his telescope.
After his defeat by Zeus, Cronus became, according to different versions of his story, either a prisoner in Tartarus or king in Elysium.
If a man had lived a righteous life, his soul would be sent to the meadows of the blessed in Elysium; but, if he had committed misdeeds, his soul would be punished in various ways and perhaps sent to hell.
In the dystopian thriller Elysium (2013), Damon was cast as an ex-convict desperate to leave ravaged Earth for a prosperous space station.
Book VI is the account of Aeneas's journey to the underworld and Elysium, where he meets the ghosts of Dido and Anchises, among others.
Menelaus was a prominent figure in the Iliad and the Odyssey, where he was promised a place in Elysium after his death because he was married to a daughter of Zeus.
