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In Greek mythology, Calypso (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ p s oʊ /; 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.
The first time is to deliver a message to Calypso to let Odysseus return home. The second time, he appears to Odysseus to warn him about Circe and provides the necessary information that Odysseus needed to put Circe into submission. The third time he is sent to escort the spirits of the suitors from the halls of Odysseus's home to the ...
In Greek mythology, Calypso (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ p s oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ Kalypso means 'she who conceals' or 'like the hidden tide' [1]) [2] is the name of several nymphs, the most well known being: Calypso, the nymph who, in Homer's Odyssey, kept Odysseus with her on her island of Ogygia for seven years. [3]
Odysseus and Calypso in the caves of Ogygia. Painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625). Ogygia (/ oʊ ˈ dʒ ɪ dʒ i ə /; Ancient Greek: Ὠγυγίη, romanized: Ōgygíē [ɔːɡyɡíɛː], or Ὠγυγία Ōgygíā [ɔːɡyɡíaː]) is an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, Book V, as the home of the nymph Calypso, the daughter of the Titan Atlas.
In Greek mythology, Nausinous / ˌ n ɔː ˈ s ɪ n oʊ ə s / (Ancient Greek: Ναυσίνοος, romanized: Nausinoos) was the son of Odysseus and Calypso. In Theogony by Hesiod, he is said to have a brother named Nausithous.
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Based on the Story of Odysseus Calypso holds a variety of functions; She gives pure love and no deception (even if others likely wrongfully think that she is a 'deceiver and seductress'), which is like medicine for Odysseus hardened spirit; He is given every material thing he wants and he has no work to distract himself from his own true nature.
This painting and Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso were painted for Monsignor Onorato Caetani (1742-1797) . They show scenes from the French novel The Adventures of Telemachus published by François Fénelon in 1699, and based on the story of Telemachus, son of Odysseus. [1] [2] [3]