What did the Apostolic and ante-Nicene Fathers believe about Sheol/Hades?

What did the Apostolic and ante-Nicene Fathers believe about [Sheol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheol) / [Hades](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_views_on_Hades) ? - Did they believe that it was a real supernatural place that houses the spirits of the dead? - Did they believe that it was a collective term / metaphor for the set of all the graves of the dead (i.e. just an abstract concept, nothing supernatural)? - Did they believe that it was a metaphor for the state of non-being / non-existence of the dead (see [Christian mortalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_mortalism)) ? - Did they believe that [Abraham's Bosom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosom_of_Abraham) was a real compartment within Sheol? See Luke 16:19-31. - What about Heaven? Did they believe that Christians go to Sheol or Heaven at death? See https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/89423/50422 _____________ **Note**: this question is related to but more specific than https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/89140/50422 ________ *Other relevant discussions* - [What are the origins of the different elements present in the setting of the parable of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19-31)?](https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/74270/38524) - [Luke 16:19-31 Lazarus and the rich man - literal, allegorical or a mixture of both?](https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/27088/38524)