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There is then a spot where the way forks in two directions, the right-hand leading, under the Palace of Hades, to Elysium, and the left-hand taking down to Tartarus. Elysium is a happy place which has a sun and stars of its own. The souls in Elysium cannot be grasped and are like phantoms and in this they do not differ from those dwelling in the Asphodel Fields. Those who dwell in Elysium exercise upon grassy playing-fields or wrestle friendly on yellow sands; some dance and others sing or chant poems. Orpheus is here and Musaeus, who wrote songs and poems and uttered oracles. Some say several members of the Trojan Royal House dwell here.
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Catholics identify Hades/Sheol with the Limbo of the Fathers (limbus patrum), where the souls of the righteous who died before the incarnation of Jesus awaited his resurrection so that they could enter Heaven. In Catholic theology, Jesus destroyed Hades/Sheol during the Harrowing of Hell.
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Like its Hellenistic namesake, hades was traditionally considered to be underground. Tertullian wrote that "you must suppose Hades to be a subterranean region, and keep at arm's length those who are too proud to believe that the souls of the faithful deserve a place in the lower regions" [4].
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