Question: is ogygia a real place?
Answer: Not locally, that's for sure. “Ogygia” isn't an Arabic word, it's Greek. ... But Ogygia could also be inspired by a very real place, a Yemeni prison that was the site of a real-life prison break in 2006, when 23 prisoners included Jamal Ahmed Badawi, mastermind of the U.S.S.