who and what is kalypso
Calypso (/kÉËlÉªpsoÊ/ ; Greek: ÎºÎ±Î»ÏÏÏ, KalypsÅ) was a nymph in Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she detained Odysseus for several years.She is generally said to be the daughter of Atlas the Titan.Hesiod mentions either a different Calypsos or the same Calypso as one of the Oceanid daughters of Tethys and Oceanus, and Pseudo-Apollodorus as one of the Nereids daughters of Nereus and Doris.omer does not mention any children by Calypso. By some accounts, which come after the Odyssey, Calypso bore Odysseus a son, Latinus, though Circe is usually given as Latinus' mother. In other accounts Calypso bore Odysseus two children, Nausithous and Nausinous.