In greek mythology hades was not a place of eternal punishment for evildoers. The underworld consisted of three parts:
- The Ashphodel fields. Here the ordinary souls went after death, living a plain and mechanical existence.
- the Elysian fields. Heroes and truly good souls ended up the elysian islands.This was a place of paradise.
- Tartarus. this is where damned souls went to be punished for their wrong-doing, and where threats to the gods were locked up.