Arcadians
Idyllic countryside dwellers
Arcadians are inhabitants of Arcadia, a mountainous region of Greece that became idealized in classical poetry as a pastoral paradise of simple shepherds living in harmony with nature.
The term evokes rustic innocence and idyllic contentment: The commune members fancied themselves modern Arcadians, escaping urban corruption.
By extension, an Arcadian is anyone who lives or longs for such uncomplicated rural bliss.
Idyllically rural
- rusticRural and unrefined
- shepherdsThose who tend flocks
- flocksAnimal groups together
- unspoiledNot damaged or degraded
countryside · wholesome · agrarian · idyllic · sylvan · verdant · meadows · pipes
Horned god of wilds
- CallistoJupiter's second-largest moon
- ZeusGreek sky god
- HermesOlympian messenger deity
- AtalantaFleet-footed mythic heroine
nymphs · satyrs · Evander · demigods · sacred groves · metamorphosis · divine ancestry · centaurs
Ideal, blissful place
- EdenScriptural original paradise
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- idealizedMade to seem perfect
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
innocence · bliss · contentment · serenity · peaceful · egalitarian · communal · Shangri-La
Hellenistic military historian
- HellenesGreek people's self-designation
- CallistoJupiter's second-largest moon
- EvanderPalatine Hill's legendary founder
- AtalantaFleet-footed mythic heroine
Doric · Bronze Age · city-states · tribes · shepherds
bucolic
Idyllically rural
unspoiled · countryside · wholesome · agrarian · idyllic · sylvan · verdant · meadows · pipes · Pan
Pan
Horned god of wilds
Atalanta · nymphs · satyrs · Evander · demigods · sacred groves · metamorphosis · divine ancestry · centaurs
paradise
Ideal, blissful place
golden age · innocence · bliss · contentment · serenity · peaceful · egalitarian · communal · Shangri-La · escapism
Polybius
Hellenistic military historian
- HellenesGreek people's self-designation
- CallistoJupiter's second-largest moon
- EvanderPalatine Hill's legendary founder
Atalanta · Doric · Bronze Age · city-states · tribes · shepherds
Peloponnese
Southern Greek peninsula
- MegalopolisMassive continuous urban area
Arcadiansurbanites
Metropolitan area residents
city dwellers · metropolitans · cosmopolitans · townspeople · Manhattanites
Arcadianssophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
cynics · men of the world · bon vivants · decadents · libertines
Arcadiansmodernists
Advocates of contemporary approaches
industrialists · futurists · technocrats · progressives · technophiles