Arcadia

Definition and stakes

Portrait of Hamilton Wright Mabie Hamilton Wright Mabie,  Heroes Every Child Should Know

“ THE THIRD LABOUR—CAPTURING THE ARCADIAN HIND In the days in which Hercules lived, Arcadia was a beautiful country of cool, sweet-scented woods, clear mountain streams, and sloping meadow-sides from which rose every now and then the roof of a hunter's cottage or a shepherd's hutch. It was a country also peculiarly pleasing to Artemis, the goddess of the chase, and peculiarly also it was the haunt of all animals especially dear to the goddess. ”
Source: Gutenberg

Portrait of J. M. Barrie J. M. Barrie,  My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke

“ Even though I became attached to you, I might not like to take the responsibility of introducing you to the Arcadia. This mixture has an extraordinary effect upon character, and probably you want to remain as you are. Before I discovered the Arcadia, and communicated it to the other five—including Pettigrew—we had all distinct individualities, but now, except in appearance—and the Arcadia even tells on that—we are as like as holly leaves. We have the same habits, the same ways of looking at things, the same satisfaction in each other. ”
Source: Gutenberg

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