The worst place to end up was in the Fields of Punishment. This was a giant plane of wheat (in some descriptions) where souls could wander forever. If you cruised through life, as an average person without doing anything spectacular, you would most likely go to the Fields of Asphodel. Heroes populated this part of the Underworld due to their fame and feats during their lifetime. If you had achieved glory, and been a wonderful, helpful person, or helped to develop cities and so on, you might be blessed with Elysium. What Could You Come Across in the Underworld? Orpheus and Eurydice in the Underworld, by Pieter Fris, 1652, via Museo del PradoĮlysium was where good people aimed to go. You would then be sorted into either Elysium, the Fields of Asphodel or the Fields of Punishment. Then, you would join the queue to be judged by Hades’ chosen tribunal. Cerberus could sniff out the living souls from the dead souls, so you had to be careful getting around him. These Gates were guarded by the ferocious and giant three-headed dog, named Cerberus. After crossing, you would have to pass through the Gates of the Underworld.
