This article examines the landscapes met in the afterlife as well as the specific characteristics of a hereafter space, through the lens of ancient Greek cultural archetypes. As the timeline shifts from the Homeric age into the rich with philosophy classical age, some points regarding the settings of the dead are maintained similar throughout whereas others have striking differences. The landscapes of Hades cited in the Odyssey and the Platonic texts will be examined, aiming at a deeper understanding of the beliefs Greek people held regarding the afterlife geography. The transition from the subterranean homeric Hades to the heavenly passage of the souls in Plato serves as a valuable indicator of the shift in consciousness between mythical thinking and rationalization in ancient Greece. Furthermore, the emphasis placed on the various routes of judgment, whose purpose was to determine which people are good or evil, is indicative of the influence this period had in the evolution of religious and philosophical ideas in the Greek-Roman world.