Calypso. In Greek mythology, Calypso was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where, according to Homer's Odyssey, she detained Odysseus for seven years.
She promised Odysseus immortality if he would stay with her, but Odysseus preferred to return home. The name Calypso may derive from the Ancient Greek, meaning to cover, to conceal, or to hide.
According to Etymologicum Magnum, her name means concealing the knowledge, which-combined with the Homeric epithet-justifies the reclusive character of Calypso and her island. Calypso is generally said to be the daughter of the Titan Atlas and Pleione.
Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, mention either a different Calypso or possibly the same Calypso as one of the Oceanid daughters of Tethys and Oceanus. Apollodorus includes the name Calypso in his list of Nereids, the daughters of Nereus and Doris.
John Tzetzes makes her a daughter of Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse, the parents of Circe, perhaps due to her association with Circe; the two goddesses were sometimes confused due to their behaviour and connection to Odysseus. According to a fragment from the Catalogue of Women, Calypso bore the Cephalonians to Hermes as suggested by Hermes' visits to her island in the Odyssey. In Homer's Odyssey, Calypso tries to keep the fabled Greek hero Odysseus on her island to make him her immortal husband, while he also gets to enjoy her sensual
She promised Odysseus immortality if he would stay with her, but Odysseus preferred to return home. The name Calypso may derive from the Ancient Greek, meaning to cover, to conceal, or to hide.
According to Etymologicum Magnum, her name means concealing the knowledge, which-combined with the Homeric epithet-justifies the reclusive character of Calypso and her island. Calypso is generally said to be the daughter of the Titan Atlas and Pleione.
Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, mention either a different Calypso or possibly the same Calypso as one of the Oceanid daughters of Tethys and Oceanus. Apollodorus includes the name Calypso in his list of Nereids, the daughters of Nereus and Doris.
John Tzetzes makes her a daughter of Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse, the parents of Circe, perhaps due to her association with Circe; the two goddesses were sometimes confused due to their behaviour and connection to Odysseus. According to a fragment from the Catalogue of Women, Calypso bore the Cephalonians to Hermes as suggested by Hermes' visits to her island in the Odyssey. In Homer's Odyssey, Calypso tries to keep the fabled Greek hero Odysseus on her island to make him her immortal husband, while he also gets to enjoy her sensual
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