This is a part of The Odyssey subject to many interpretations. Some people say he needed to go there to learn to accept death, others that he had to see the ghosts to remind him he shouldn't waste his life (doing things like staying with Circe for a year). Most things you can come up with will also be perfectly good lessons.
She has died while he was at war. Odysseus sees his mother Anticlea in the underworld.
Elpenor was encountered by Odysseus in the underworld.
Odysseus went to the Underworld to get advice for his journey home.
Odysseus is still alive.
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She has died while he was at war. Odysseus sees his mother Anticlea in the underworld.
Odysseus went to the Underworld to get advice for his journey home.
Elpenor was encountered by Odysseus in the underworld.
Odysseus went to the Underworld to get advice for his journey home.
Circe told Odysseus how to reach the Underworld.
He learns that she has passed away due to grief over him not returning home.
The blind prophet that Odysseus meets in the Underworld is Tiresias.
Odysseus is still alive.
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Odysseus
He must go to the Underworld and talk to Tiresias (the blind prophet- same one from Oedipus).