Greek underworld

The Greek underworld is Hades, the realm of the dead in ancient Greek mythology—a shadowy domain beneath the earth where souls went after death.

Ruled by the god Hades, it contained regions like Tartarus for the damned and the Elysian Fields for the blessed.

The term appears in discussions of mythology, classical literature, and religious history: Orpheus descended to the Greek underworld to retrieve Eurydice.