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Calypso (mythology)
| Calypso | |
|---|---|
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Calypso_receiving_Telemachus_and_Mentor_in_the_Grotto_detail.jpg) Detail from Calypso receiving Telemachus and Mentor in the Grotto by William Hamilton | |
| Abode | Ogygia |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Atlas or Oceanus and Tethys |
| Siblings | Pleiades, Hyades, Hyas or the Oceanids and the Potamoi |
| Consort | Odysseus, Hermes |
| Children | By some accounts Latinus, by others Nausithous and Nausinous, the Cephalonians |
In Greek mythology, Calypso (/kəˈlɪpsoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ, romanized: Kalupsō, lit. 'she who conceals')[1] was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where, according to Homer's Odyssey, she detained Odysseus for seven years against his will. She promised Odysseus immortality if he would stay with her, but Odysseus preferred to return home. Eventually, after the intervention of the other gods, Calypso was forced to let Odysseus go.
- ^ Grimal, s.v. Calypso.
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