Hades oversees the souls in the Underworld.
No the Greek underworld is not hell because it has a certain place where the souls of good people go where as hell is a place where unsaved bad souls go, although there is a spot in the underworld were bad souls do go.
psychopomp
He is the god of the underworld To watch over the underworld and to make sure that no souls escape.
Charyon ferried the souls of the dead across the River Styx.
Odysseus sacrifices a ram to summon the souls of the dead.
Odysseus drew his swored and dug a pit, poured the drink offering for all the souls, with honey and milk then with fine wine, then with water and then Odysseus sprinkled white barley meat over it. Then prayed.
Odysseus drew his swored and dug a pit, poured the drink offering for all the souls, with honey and milk then with fine wine, then with water and then Odysseus sprinkled white barley meat over it. Then prayed.
Odysseus sees a bunch of random souls as soon as he prepares the offering( to get Tiresias to come up in the underworld to visit him and tell him his future) Odysseus sees his mom, Anticeleia, he sees as well Achilles, Ajax, Agamemnon, and of course Tiresias.
Hermes leads souls to the underworld because he is the only god who can in and out of the underworld!
In the underworld, Odysseus speaks primarily with the souls of various heroes and figures from Greek mythology, including his mother Anticlea, Achilles, Agamemnon, and Tiresias the blind prophet. Additionally, he encounters other souls such as Elpenor and his fallen comrades from the Trojan War.
Hades oversees the souls in the Underworld.
the purpose of the underworld is were all dead souls go, and evil people's souls are punished.
No the Greek underworld is not hell because it has a certain place where the souls of good people go where as hell is a place where unsaved bad souls go, although there is a spot in the underworld were bad souls do go.
psychopomp
Hades was the underworld where all souls went whether they had been good or bad.
Hades rules the Underworld, where the souls of dead mortals dwell.