Calypso - definition of Calypso by The Free Dictionary Calypso - definition of Calypso by The Free Dictionary Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Ca·lyp·so 1 n. Greek Mythology A sea nymph who delayed Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years. [Latin Calypsō, from Greek Kalupsō, from kaluptein, to conceal; see kel-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] Ca·lyp·so 2 or ca·lyp·so (kə-lĭp′sō) n. pl. Ca·lyp·sos or ca·lyp·sos also Ca·lyp·soes or ca·lyp·soes A type of music that originated in the West Indies, notably in Trinidad, and is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects.

[Probably alteration (influenced by Calypso , in reference to the nymph's island home) of Caribbean English kaliso, variant of kariso, variant of kaiso, bravo (shout of approval for a Calypsonian's performance), Calypso music, from ka iso!, shout of encouragement with which West Indian slaves accompanied singers singing satirical songs about plantation owners and overseers, from Efik ka isu, go on (imperative form) (from ka, go, advance + isu, face, front, forward), and its Ibibio equivalent kaa iso.] Ca·lyp·so′ni·an (kə-lĭp-sō′nē-ən, kăl′ĭp-) n. ca·lyp·so (kə-lĭp′sō) n. pl. ca·lyp·sos A terrestrial orchid (Calypso bulbosa) native to northern temperate regions, having a rose-pink flower with an inflated pouchlike lip usually marked with white, purple, and yellow.

[Probably Latin Calypsō, Calypso; see Calypso1.] calypso (kəˈlɪpsəʊ) n, pl -sos 1. (Music, other) a popular type of satirical, usually topical, West Indian ballad, esp from Trinidad, usually extemporized to a percussive syncopated accompaniment 2. (Dancing) a dance done to the rhythm of this song [C20: probably from Calypso] (kəˈlɪpsəʊ) n, pl -sos (Plants) a rare N temperate orchid, Calypso (or Cytherea) bulbosa, whose flower is pink or white with purple and yellow markings [C19: named after Calypso] (kəˈlɪpsəʊ) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth (in Homer's Odyssey) a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years Ca•lyp•so n., pl. -sos. 1. a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years. 2.

(l.c.) a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usu. having topical, often improvised, lyrics. 3. (l.c.) a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower. calypso - The style in which a shirt's tails are tied in a knot at the waist. See also related terms for waist . ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: CALYPSO (Kalypso) - Ogygian Nymph of Greek Mythology Translation Hidden, Veiled (kalyptô) KALYPSO (Calypso) was the goddess-nymph of the mythical island of Ogygia and a daughter of the Titan Atlas. She detained the hero Odysseus for many years in the course of his wanderings after the fall of Troy but was eventually commanded by Zeus to release him.

FAMILY OF CALYPSO PARENTS [1.1] ATLAS (Homer Odyssey 1.14, Apollodorus E7.23-24, Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 4.573, Lycophron Alexandra 743, Hyginus Fabulae 125) OFFSPRING [1.1] NAUSITHOOS, NAUSINOOS (by Odysseus) (Hesiod Theogony 1017) [1.2] TELEGONOS TELEDAMOS (by Odysseus) (Homerica Telegony Frag 2) [1.3] LATINOS (by Odysseus) (Apollodorus E7.23) ENCYCLOPEDIA CALYPSO (Kalupsô). Under this name we find in Hesiod (Theog. 359) a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, and in Apollodorus (i. 2. § 7) a daughter of Nereus, while the Homeric Calypso is described as a daughter of Atlas. (Od. i.

50.) This last Calypso was a nymph inhabiting the island of Ogygia, on the coast of which Odysseus was thrown when he was shipwrecked. Calypso loved the unfortunate hero, and promised him eternal youth and immortality if he would remain with her. She detained him in her island for seven years, until at length she was obliged by the gods to allow him to continue his journey homewards. (Od. v. 28, &c., vii. 254, &c.) AEAEA (Aiaia). A surname of Calypso, who was believed to have inhabited a small island of the name of Aeaea in the straits between Italy and Sicily. (Pomp. Mela, ii. 7; Propert. iii. 10. 31.) Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES Homer, Odyssey 1. 14 ff (trans. Shewring) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) : "The tale begins when all those who had escaped the pit of destruction [the war at Troy] were safe in their own lands, spared by the wars and seas.

Only Odysseus was held elsewhere, pining for home and wife; the Nymphe Kalypso (Calypso), a goddess of strange power and beauty, had kept him captive within her arching caverns, yearning for him to be her husband. And when there came with revolving seasons the year that the gods had set for his journey home to Ithaka, not even then was he past his troubles, not even then was he with his own people. For though all the gods beside had compassion on him, Poseidon's anger was unabated against the hero until he returned to his own land . . . The other gods were gathered together [in council] in the palace of Olympian Zeus . . . Athene, goddess of gleaming eyes made answer : ‘. . . It is for Odysseus my heart is wrung--so subtle a man and so ill-starred; he has long been far from everything that he loves, desolate in a wave-washed island, a wooded island, the navel of all the seas.

A goddess has made her dwelling there whose father is Atlas the magician; he knows the depths of all the seas, and he, no other, guards the tall pillars that keep the sky and the earth apart. His daughter it is who keeps poor Odysseus pining there, and who seeks continually with her soft and coaxing words to beguile him into forgetting Ithaka; but he--he would be well content to see even the smoke rising up from his own land, and he longs to die . . . O son of Kronos (Cronus), father of us and sovereign ruler, if indeed the blessed gods now wish that shrewd Odysseus should come to his own land again, then let us instruct the radiant Hermes, the Messenger, to go to the island of Ogygia and without delay to tell the Nymphe of the braided tresses our firm decree that staunch Odysseus is to depart and journey home.’" Homer, Odyssey 4.

553 ff : "[Menelaus captures the prophetic sea-god Proteus who reveals the location of Odysseus :] I [Menelaus] spoke and at once he [Proteus] answered : ‘It is Laertes' son, whose home is in Ithaka (Ithaca). I have seen him on a certain island, weeping most bitterly : this was in the domains of the Nymphe Kalypso (Calypso), who is keeping him with her there perforce and thwarting return to his own country. He has no ships and oars and crew to take him over the wide expanse of ocean.’" Homer, Odyssey 5. 4 ff : "The gods were assembling to sit in council, and in their midst was Zeus the Thunderer, sovereign above them all.

Athene began to recount to them the many distresses of Odysseus that again had come before her mind, for it irked her that he should still be there in the dwelling of Kalypso (Calypso) : ‘Father Zeus, and you other blessed immortal gods : I could wish that henceforth no sceptred king should set himself to be kind and gentle and equitable; I would have every king a tyrant and evildoer, since King Odysseus goes utterly unremembered among the people that once he ruled with the gentleness of a father. He is pent up in an island now, overwhelmed with misery; he is in the domains of the Nymphe Kalypso, who is keeping him with her there perforce and thwarting return to his own country. He has no ships and oars and crew to take him over the wide expanse of ocean. And now men are plotting to kill his only son as he returns home . . .’ Zeus who masses the clouds made answer : ‘My child, what a word is this that has passed your lips! Was it not you who framed this plan, so that Odysseus on his return might take vengeance upon these men? . .

.’ And with this he turned to his dear son Hermes : ‘Hermes, you are always our messenger; go then to the Nymphe of braided tresses and tell her my firm decree for the homecoming of staunch Odysseus, and how he is to begin his journey back, unescorted by gods and men. It will be on a raft firmly put together; on this, in spite of many troubles, he may come in twenty days' time to fertile Skheria; that is the land of the Phaiakians (Phaeacians), a people whose lineage is divine . . .’ So he spoke; and the Keen Watcher, the Radiant One, did not disobey. At once he fastened under his feet the immortal sandals of lovely gold that carried him, swift as airy breezes, over ocean and over boundless earth. And he took the rod that lulls men's eyes for him, at his pleasure, or awakens others when they slumber. With this in hand the strong Radiant One began his flight; over Pieria he passed, then form the upper air dipped down to the sea and sped on over the waves like the seagull . . .

But when he had reached that far-off island he left the violet ocean and took to the land until he came to a great cavern; in this the Nymphe of the braided tresses had made her home, and inside this he found her now. On the hearth a great fire was burning, and far and wide over the island was wafted the smell of burning wood, cloven cedar and juniper. In the space within was the goddess herself, singing with a lovely voice, moving to and fro at her loom and weaving with a shuttle of gold. Around the entrance a wood rose up in abundant growth--alder and aspen and fragrant cypress. Birds with long wings roosted there, owls and falcons and long-tongued sea-crows that have their business upon the waters. Trailing over the cavern's arch was a garden vine that throve and clustered; and here four springs began near each other, then in due order ran four ways with their crystal waters. Grassy meadows on either side stood thick with violet and wild parsley. Even a Deathless One, if he came there, might gaze in wonder at the sight and might be the happier in heart.

So the Keen Watcher, the Radiant One, stood there and gazed there too; and having gazed to his heart's content, he passed quickly into the ample cavern. When queenly Kalypso saw him face to face, she as sure at once who he was, for the deathless gods are no strangers to one another, though one may live far apart from the rest. But bold Odysseus was not to be found within; as his custom was, he was sitting on the shore and weeping, breaking his heart with tears and sighs and sorrows. Queenly Kalypso seated Hermes in a gleaming burnished chair. Then she began to question him : ‘What is your errand here, I wonder, Hermes, god of the golden wand? You are an honoured and welcome guest, although not a frequent one hitherto. Tell me the thing that is in your mind; my heart consents to it already if it si something I can do and something that has been done before.’ And with these words the goddess drew up a table by him, heaping it with ambrosia and mixing the rosy nectar.

So Hermes began to eat and drink; when the meal was over and his spirit refreshed with food, he answered Kalypso thus : ‘At my entrance you put a question to me, goddess to god; I will tell you the whole matter frankly, as indeed you wish me to. This visit was not of my own choosing; it was Zeus who commanded me to come. Who of his own free will would traverse those endless briny waters, with not one town to be seen where human beings make sacrifice to the gods and offer choice hecatombs? But when once the master of the aegis has fixed his own purpose, no other god can cross or thwart it. He says that you have with you here a man more luckless than all those others who fought around the great town of Priamos (Priam). This man he bade you let go forthwith, because it is not appointed for him to find his end here, far away from his own people; he is destined to see his own kith and kin again and return to his high-roofed house and his own country.’ So he spoke.

The queenly goddess Kalypso shuddered, and her words came forth in rapid flight : ‘You are merciless, you gods, resentful beyond all other beings; you are jealous if without disguise a goddess makes a man her bedfellow, her beloved husband. So it was when Eos of the rosy fingers chose out Orion; you gods who live in such ease yourselves were jealous of her until chaste Artemis in her cloth-of-gold visited him with her gentle shafts and slew him in Ortygia. So it was when Demeter of the braided tresses followed her heart and lay in love with Iasion in the triple-furrowed field; Zeus was aware of it soon enough and hurled the bright thunderbolt that killed him. And no so it is with me; you resent this mortal man beside me. I saved him when he was all alone and astride his keel, when Zeus with his flashing thunderbolt had shattered and shivered his rapid vessel in the midst of wine-dark ocean. All his brave comrades perished then; he alone was borne on to this place by wind and wave. I welcomed him and tended him; I offered him immortality and eternal youth.

But, as you say, when once the master of the aigis has fixed his own purpose, no other god can cross or thwart it; so let the man go--if such is the word and behest of Zeus--go where he will over the barren sea. I cannot help him to depart; I have no ships or oars or crew to speed him over the sea's expanse; but gladly enough, without concealment, I will counsel him how best to reach his own land unscathed.’ And the Radiant One answered her : ‘In that way, then, allow him to go, and have regard to the anger of Zeus; if not, you may feel his displeasure afterwards.’ With these words the strong Radiant One departed. The queenly Nymphe, with the message of Zeus still in her ears, went off in quest of bold Odysseus, and found him sitting upon the shore. His eyes were never dry of tears while the sweetness of life ebbed away from him in his comfortless longings for return, since the Nymphe was dear to him no longer.

At night-time, true, he slept with her even now in the arching caverns, but this was against his will; she was loving and he unloving. He passed the daytime seated upon the rocky shore, shedding tears and gazing outwards over the barren sea. Coming up to him, the queenly goddess began to speak : ‘Listen unhappy man; no need to stay here lamenting longer, no need to let your life be wasted; I am willing now, quite willing, to let you go. Come then; take tools of bronze, cut long beams and fashion them into a wide raft; then build half-decks on it, well above, so that the craft may carry you over the misty ocean. I myself will put food in it, with water and with red wine as well, things that will stave off hunger and please the taste. I will give you clothes to wear and will send a fair wind behind you to let you reach your own land unharmed--all this if it please the gods whose home is wide heaven itself, because they are better able than I both to plan and to achieve.’ So she spoke, but he much-tried hero shuddered.

His words came forth in rapid flight : ‘Goddess, your purpose cannot be as you say; you cannot intend to speed me home. You tell me to make myself a raft to cross the great gulf of ocean--a gulf so baffling and so perilous that not even rapid ships will traverse it, steady though they may be and favoured by a fair wind from Zeus. I will not set foot on such a raft unless I am sure of your good will--unless, goddess, you take on yourself to swear a solemn oath not to plot against me any new mischief to my ruin.’ These were his words. Queenly Kalypso smiled; and caressing him with her hand she answered : ‘You are all too cunning. No innocent could have mustered such words as those. So be it then--let Earth be witness to me in this, and the arching Heaven above, and the downward water of the Styx--most solemn and most fearsome of oaths with the blessed gods--that I will plot against you no new mischief to your ruin. No; I have in mind--I will ponder now--the very plans I would shape for myself if ever need pressed as hard on me.

My whole bent is to honest dealing; in this breast of mine there is no heart of iron; I have compassion.’ So she spoke, this lovely divinity, and led the way forthwith; Odysseus followed in her footsteps. Goddess and man reached the arching cavern; Odysseus sat down in the chair that Hermes had risen from, and Kalypso put in front of him all manner of things such as mortal men eat and drink, then sat down herself facing the king while her handmaids served her with nectar and ambrosia. He and she stretched out their hands to the dishes there; but when they had eaten and drunk their fill, Kalypso the goddess thus began : ‘Son of Laertes, subtle Odysseus--so then, your mind is firmly set on returning now without delay to your home and country? Go then, and joy go with you, in spite of all.

Yet if you knew--if you fully knew--what miseries are fated to fill your cup before you attain your own land, you would choose to stay here, to join with me in calm possession of this domain, to be beyond reach of death--this despite all your zeal to see once more the wife that you yearn for, day by day. And yet I doubt if I fall behind her in form and feature--for indeed it would be unbecoming that mortal women should vie in form an face with immortal goddesses.’ Subtle Odysseus answered her : ‘Goddess and queen, do not make this a cause of anger with me. I know the truth of everything you say; I know that my wise Penelope, when a man looks at her, is far beneath you in form and stature; she is a mortal, you are immortal and unageing. Yet, not withstanding, my desire and longing day by day is still to reach my own home and see the day of my return. And if this or that divinity should shatter my craft on the wine-dark ocean, I will bear it and keep a bold heart within me.

Often enough before this time have war and wave oppressed and plagued me; let new tribulations join the old.’ So he spoke; and the sun sank and darkness came; then the pair withdrew, and in a recess of the arching cavern they took their pleasure in love, and did not leave one another's side. Eos (Dawn) comes early with rosy fingers. When she appeared, Odysseus put on his cloak and tunic; the Nymphe put on a long silvery mantle, graceful and delicate; she fastened a lovely gold girdle round her waist and slipped a scarf over her head. Then she turned her mind to helping his departure. She gave him a great axe of bronze, easy to wield, with keen double blade; its haft was of olive, handsome and fitting close; she gave him a polished adze as well. Then she led the way to the far side of the island; tall trees were standing there, alder and aspen and towering silver fir; for some time past, these had been dry and sapless, ready to float easily. When Kalypso had shown him where they stood, she returned homeward while he began to cut down trees; and the work went briskly.

He felled twenty trees, all told, and trimmed them with the ace, smoothed them deftly and trued them to the line. Then the goddess brought him augers ,and he bored all his pieces through and made them meet exactly, then pinned the craft together with pegs and joints . . . Meanwhile the goddess brought him pieces of cloth to make a sail of, and he made that too in proper fashion . . . By the fourth day all his work was done. On the fifth day, Lady Kalypso made ready to let him leave her island; she had bathed him first and clothed him in sweet-smelling garments. Moreover, the goddess had put aboard one skin of dark wine, and another, a larger one, of water, with provisions in a sack and many dainties to please the taste; last, she had summoned up for him a fair wind that was warm and kindly." Homer, Odyssey 5.

296 ff : "[As Odysseus departs from the island of Kalypso (Calypso) Poseidon sends a storm to sink his raft :] Then Odysseus felt his knees and his spirit quail; in desperation he spoke to his own heroic heart : ‘Alas for me! What will become of me in the end? I fear the goddess [Kalypos] spoke all too truly when she prophesied of trouble on trouble to bear at sea before I reached my own land. All this is now being brought to pass.’" Homer, Odyssey 7. 243 ff : "[Odysseus tells King Alkinous (Alcinous) of his travels :] Far from here there lies an island called Ogygia. The daughter of atlas has her home there, Kalypso (Calypso), a goddess of awesome power and many wiles. She is seldom visited, whether by mortals or by immortals; but I, alas, was brought by ill fortune to her hearth, a sole survivor when Zeus with his flashing thunderbolt shattered and shivered my rapid ship in the midst of the wine-dark ocean.

There and then my good comreades perished; for myself, I threw my arms round the vessel's keel and was carried on for nine whole days; in the murkiness of the tenth night the gods brought me to Ogygia. The goddess welcomed me lovingly, tended me, offered me immortality and eternal youth; yet she never won the heart within me. I remained with her for seven full years, and watered with continual weeping the celestial garments that she gave me. But when the eighth year came circling round, she told me and urged me to return, perhaps because Zeus had sent her warning, perhaps because her own mind had changed. So she sent me away on a firm raft, giving me many gifts, food and sweet wine, and clothing me in celestial garments; moreover she sent a fair wind for me, warm and kindly. For seventeen days I sailed on across the ocean, and on the eighteenth their loomed before me the shadowy hills of this land of yours . . . [and his raft destroyed in a storm]." Homer, Odyssey 8.

452 ff : "The palace of lovely-haired Kalypso (Calypso), though all the time that he [Odysseus] was with her he had had the comforts a god might have." Homer, Odyssey 9. 29 ff : "[Odysseus addresses King Alkinous (Alcinous) :] ‘There was a time when divine Kalypso (Calypso) kept me within her arching caverns and would have had me to be her husband, and another time subtle Aiaian Kirke (Aeaean Circe) confined me in her palace and would have had me for husband also. Yet neither of them could win the heart within me.’" Homer, Odyssey 12. 388 ff : "[Odysseus tells King Alkinous that the Sun-God complained to Zeus about the slaughter of his holy cattle by Odysseus' men :] ‘All this I heard from Kalypso (Calypso) of the lovely hair, who herself had heard it, so she told me, from Hermes, messenger o the gods.’" Homer, Odyssey 12.

448 ff : "[Odysseus' ship was destroyed by the whirlpool of Kharybdis (Charybdis) and he escaped on floating wreckage :] For nine days I [Odysseus] drifted; on the tenth night the gods let me reach the island of Ogygia; there dwells Kalypso (Calypso), the goddess of braided hair and of strange powers and of human speech; she welcomed me and tended me." Homer, Odyssey 17. 124 ff : "[Telemakhos (Telemachus) tells Penelope of his conversation with Menelaus :] ‘The old god [Proteus] said he had seen Odysseus in much distress. This was upon a certain island and in the house of the Nymphe Kalypso (Calypso); she is keeping him with her there perforce and thwarting return to his own country. He has no ships and oars and crew to take him over the wide expanse of ocean. Such were the words of Menelaus.’" Homer, Odyssey 23.

236 ff : "[Odysseus tells Penelope of his travels :] ‘How he came to the island of Ogygia and to the Nymphe Kalypso (Calypso), who kept him there in her arching caves, desiring him to be her husband, lavishing every care upon him and offering him deathlessness and agelessness--yet all this without winning his heart to it.’" Hesiod, Theogony 1017 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) : "Kalypso (Calypso), shining among goddesses, joining in love's delight with Odysseus, bore him Nausithoos (Nausithous) and Nausinoos (Nausinous).

These [goddesses] went to bed with mortal men and, themselves immortal, bore to them children in the likeness of immortals." Hesiod, Catalogues of Women Fragment 40A : "Patient-souled Odysseus whom in aftertime Kalypso (Calypso) the queenly Nymphe detained for Poseidon." Cinaethon of Sparta or Eugammon of Cyrene, Telegony Fragment 2 (from Eustathius 1796. 35) (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 6th B.C.) : "The author of the Telegony, a Kyrenaian, relates that Odysseus had by Kalypso (Calypso) a son Telegonos (Telegonus) or Teledamos (Teledamus)." Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca E7. 23 - 24 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "[Odysseus] borne through the sea to the island of Ogygia.

There Kalypso (Calypso), the daughter of Atlas, welcomed him, and after sleeping with him bore him a son Latinos (Latinus). He lingered with her for five years, after which he made a raft and sailed away." [N.B. Latinos was the eponym of Latium, the ancient kingdom that became Rome.] Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4. 573 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) : "Nymphaia (Nymphaea) [an island near Sicily], the home of the powerful Kalypso (Calypso) daughter of Atlas." Callimachus, Fragment 524 (from Ammon. De different 103) (trans. Trypanis) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) : "Gaudos, Kalypso's (Calypso's) little isle." Lycophron, Alexandra 743 ff (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) : "After brief pleasure in wedlock with Atlantis (Daughter of Atlas) [i.e.

Kalypso], he [Odysseus] dares set foot in his offhand vessel." Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 1. 16d (trans. Gullick) (Greek rhetorician C2nd to 3rd A.D.) : "In describing Kalypso's (Calypso's) house, Homer causes Hermes to stand in wonder at it." Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 125 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Wandering from this place [the island of the sacred cattle of Helios the Sun], his [Odysseus'] comrades lost in the shipwreck, he swam to the island of Aeaea, where the nympha Calypso, daughter of Atlas, lived. She enamoured of the handsome form of Ulysses, kept him a whole year, and was unwilling to release him until Mercury [Hermes], by Jove's [Zeus'] command, bade her release him.

When a raft had been made there, Calypso sent him off with an abundance of provisions, but Neptunus shattered the raft with his waves because he had blinded his son, the Cyclops." Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 243 : "Calypso, daughter of Atlas, out of love for Ulysses [Odysseus] killed herself." Propertius, Elegies 1. 15 (trans. Goold) (Roman elegy C1st B.C.) : "Thus was Calypso affected by the Ithacan's [Odysseus's] departure, when in ages past she wept to the lonely waves: for many days she sat disconsolately with unkempt tresses uttering many a complaint to the unjust sea, and although she was never to see him again, yet she still felt pain when she recalled their long happiness together." Pliny the Elder, Natural History 3. 97 (trans.

Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C1st A.D.) : "[In the Adriatic Sea] ten miles out [from the promontory of Lacinium in southern Italy] lies the Island of the Dioscuri and another called Calypso's Island, which is thought to be Homer's island of Ogygia." SOURCES CALYPSO, Greek Mythology Index CALYPSO ΚΑΛΥΨΩ Under this name we find in Hesiod (Theog. 359) a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys , and in Apollodorus (i. 2. § 7) a daughter of Nereus , while the Homeric Calypso is described as a daughter of Atlas . (Od. i. 50.) This last Calypso was a nymph inhabiting the island of Ogygia, on the coast of which Odysseus was thrown when he was shipwrecked. Calypso loved the unfortunate hero, and promised him eternal youth and immortality if he would remain with her. She detained him in her island for seven years, until at length she was obliged by the gods to allow him to continue his journey homewards. (Od. v.

28, &c., vii. 254, &c.) The Story of Odysseus - Vocabulary List : Vocabulary.com The Story of Odysseus October 8, 2010 By Nicole G. (Marblehead, MA) Rate this list: Trojan War a great war fought between Greece and Troy Odysseus was the king of Ithaca, husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus, favorite of Athena, and wiliest of the Greeks involved in the Trojan War. Odysseus earns this title by, among other things, masterminding the Trojan Horse. ancient god of the sun Helios' Cattle Calypso the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years According to some sources, Odysseus had four children besides Telemachus, the most famous: with Circe, Telegonus, Argius, and Latinus; with Calypso or Circe, Nausinous; with ??? he was father of Ardeas and Auson.

Circe (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine According to some sources, Odysseus had four children besides Telemachus, the most famous: with Circe, Telegonus, Argius, and Latinus; with Calypso or Circe, Nausinous; with ??? he was father of Ardeas and Auson. Trojan Horse a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War Odysseus was the king of Ithaca, husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus, favorite of Athena, and wiliest of the Greeks involved in the Trojan War. Odysseus earns this title by, among other things, masterminding the Trojan Horse. Ithaca a Greek island to the west of Greece Odysseus was the king of Ithaca, husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus, favorite of Athena, and wiliest of the Greeks involved in the Trojan War. Odysseus earns this title by, among other things, masterminding the Trojan Horse.

only the silky anteater Polyphemus A scouting party led by Odysseus (and his friend, Misenus), lands on the Island of the Cyclopes (Sicily) and ventures upon a large cave. Trojan of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants Odysseus was the king of Ithaca, husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus, favorite of Athena, and wiliest of the Greeks involved in the Trojan War. Odysseus earns this title by, among other things, masterminding the Trojan Horse. a man who courts a woman Calypso an eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured Total eclipses are visible from the same place once in 410 years in average, claim the astronomers. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else The first one to recognize him was his old wet-nurse, Euryclea. make someone extremely or violently angry This so enraged Ajax that it caused his death (Odyssey, xi. 541).

a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry Odysseus In The Trojan War In the Trojan War, Odysseus and Diomedes stole the Palladium (and King Rhesus' horses) in a nocturnal raid. the person who steers a ship Odysseus' Return To Ithaca a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture The Greeks devised a new ruse - a giant hollow wooden horse. shroud burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped Odysseus saw that Penelope was faithful to him, pretending to knit a burial shroud (for they claimed he must be dead) and claiming she would choose one suitor when she finished. pillage steal goods; take as spoils The Greek warriors opened the city gates to allow the rest of the army access and the city was ruthlessly pillaged - all the men were killed and all the women taken into slavery.

the act of stealing valuable things from a place Odysseus' Death Circe then sent Telegonus, her son by Odysseus, to find Odysseus, but on arrival Telegonus began plundering the city, thinking it was Corcyra. stupor marginal consciousness The Trojans celebrated hugely and when the Greeks emerged from the horse the city was in a drunken stupor. belonging to or active during the night Odysseus In The Trojan War In the Trojan War, Odysseus and Diomedes stole the Palladium (and King Rhesus' horses) in a nocturnal raid. an absence of emotion or enthusiasm Finally, Odysseus managed to rescue himself from the apathy and set sail. grotto a small cave, usually with attractive features Calypso's grotto still exists on the coast of Malta, near Ras en Nisefa, and the four springs outside Calypso's cave are still running. forged reproduced fraudulently When Palamedes advised the Trojans to return him, Odysseus accused him of being a traitor and forged false evidence and found a fake witness to testify against him.

intercept seize on its way Odysseus set out to rescue his men, but was intercepted and told by Hermes to procure some of the herb moly[?] to protect him from the same fate. feed as in a meadow or pasture When the Cyclops let the sheep out to graze, the men were carried out. immortality the state of eternal life She made him her lover for seven years and wouldn't let him leave, promising him immortality if he stayed. Kalypso - The Queenly Nymph Kalypso Previous Page Kalypso is the daughter of Atlas who is most noted because she helped Odysseus when he came to her island as a destitute wanderer. After the Trojan War ended [circa 1240 BCE], Odysseus set off for home as did all the other Achaean Greeks after they had defeated the Trojans and looted Troy. Odysseus was not the only returning warrior to have difficulties but rather than meeting a cruel death on his way home, he incurred the wrath of Poseidon [lord of the Sea] by wounding the god's son.

Zeus would not allow his brother Poseidon to kill Odysseus so Poseidon inflicted ordeal after ordeal on poor Odysseus until all his comrades were dead and he finally washed ashore on the island of Ogygia ... Kalypso's home. Ogygia was the Navel of the Sea which might be interpreted to mean a variety of things but I feel comfortable in assuming that Kalypso's island was simply in the middle of Ocean ... that would mean that Ogygia was eastward past the Caucasus Mountains in the now dried up sea which has been called the Asiatic Mediterranean, i.e. an ancient body of water of which all that remains east of the Black Sea are the Caspian and the Aral Seas. Placing Ogygia in the east instead of somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea actually makes Kalypso's home closer to where her father Atlas was stationed to hold up the heavens ... likewise Atlas's brother Prometheus was chained to one of the peaks of the Caucasus Mountains.

Another substantial indication as to the eastern location of the island of Ogygia is the fact that when Odysseus sailed from the island, Kalypso told him to keep the constellation of Ursa Major [the Bear] on his right ... that would mean that the constellation would have been in the north as Odysseus sailed westward towards Greece. Odysseus was utterly without hope when Kalypso found him but his rugged good looks and noble character soon affected the lonely goddess and she fell in love. Odysseus stayed with Kalypso for seven years but they were long, sad years for Odysseus. He resigned himself to the fact that there was no escape from the island but he still constantly longed for his wife and son. Kalypso offered Odysseus immortality and eternal youth but he refused to accept her offers. During their time together, Kalypso and Odysseus had two sons: Nausithoos and Nausinoos. Perhaps they had a third son named Telegonos but he might have been the son of the Dread-Goddess Kirke [Circe] and not Kalypso.

Just as Poseidon was determined to punish Odysseus, the goddess Athene was always looking for ways to help Odysseus. When she reminded Zeus that Odysseus had been on Ogygia for seven years, Zeus sent Hermes with a message for Kalypso ... she was to allow Odysseus to leave ... furthermore, she was to give him the assistance he needed to build a seaworthy craft. Hermes arrived on Kalypso's island and was given a warm welcome ... he and Kalypso drank nectar and ate ambrosia. Finally, he told her of his mission and gave her Zeus's command. At first Kalypso was indignant ... she reminded Hermes of the many gods and goddesses who had taken mortal lovers and wondered why she could not keep Odysseus. Hermes told her that Zeus was adamant ... she must help Odysseus leave Ogygia and she was not permitted to use her charms to detain him. Kalypso accepted her fate and agreed to let Odysseus leave unhindered. By that time, Odysseus was a cautious man.

He had endured much trickery at the hands of the Immortals and did not believe Kalypso would actually help him. To insure her sincerity, Odysseus made Kalypso swear a great oath on the waters of Styx that she meant what she said and that she was not trying to deceive him. Kalypso swore the oath and gave Odysseus the tools he needed to build a seaworthy raft. When it came time for him to leave, Kalypso in her loving nature, gave Odysseus provisions and sent him on his way with a fair wind to speed him home. Text References Kalypso in the Odyssey The line numbers listed here correspond fairly well with the Lattimore and Murray/Dimock translations of the Odyssey. Other translations, such as Robert Fitzgerald, Robert Fagles, etc., do not correspond as well but, with a small amount of effort, you should be able to find the reference you need regardless of the translation you use. Odyssey - book 1, line 14 - The Nymph Kalypso kept Odysseus on her island so that he would eventually be her husband.

Odyssey - book 1, line 52 - Kalypso, the daughter of Atlas, inhabits a wooded island which is the navel of all the waters. Odyssey - book 1, line 86 - Athene suggests to Zeus that Hermes, slayer of Argos, be sent to the island of Ogygia to tell the Nymph, Kalypso, that Odysseus must be allowed to proceed on his homeward journey. Odyssey - book 4, line 557 - Proteus told Menelaus that the Nymph, Kalypso, held Odysseus captive on her island. Odyssey - book 5, line 6 - Athene remembers that Odysseus is being held captive at the Nymph's house, i.e. Kalypso. Odyssey - book 5, line 14 - Athene reminds Zeus that the Nymph, Kalypso, detains Odysseus on her island. Odyssey - book 5, line 30 - Zeus tells Hermes to inform Kalypso that Odysseus must be given a raft so that he may leave her island.

Odyssey - book 5, line 57 - Hermes finds Kalypso at home in her cave. Odyssey - book 5, line 63 - The home of Kalypso is a mere cave but the description on lines 63-74 make it sound like a beautiful and enchanting place. Odyssey - book 5, line 75 - Argeiphontes [Hermes] stands before the cavern of Kalypso and admires the natural beauty of her home. Odyssey - book 5, line 77 - Kalypso, the shining goddess, recognizes Hermes and invites him into her home. Odyssey - book 5, line 85 - Hermes is questioned by Kalypso as to why he has come to her island. Odyssey - book 5, line 96 - Hermes ate and drank with Kalypso and then told her of Zeus's message and how she must release Odysseus so he can return to his home. Odyssey - book 5, line 116 - Kalypso tells Hermes that the Immortals did not object when the other gods and goddesses took mortal lovers.

Odyssey - book 5, line 145 - Argeiphontes [Hermes] warns Kalypso that she should obey Zeus or else face his wrath. Odyssey - book 5, line 148 - After Argeiphontes [Hermes] leaves Kalypso, she goes in search of Odysseus. Odyssey - book 5, line 159 - Kalypso tells Odysseus that she will allow him to leave her island. Odyssey - book 5, line 180 - Odysseus is afraid that Kalypso is not going to allow him to leave her island and makes her swear an oath on Styx as to her sincerity. Odyssey - book 5, line 192 - Kalypso leads Odysseus back to her cavern and seats him in the same spot where Hermes had been seated. Odyssey - book 5, line 202 - Kalypso asks Odysseus if he is sure he wants to leave her island and warns him of the many hardships he will endure if he decides to leave.

Odyssey - book 5, line 241 - Kalypso showed Odysseus where to find trees to construct a raft and then left him to his work. Odyssey - book 5, line 246 - Kalypso, the shining goddess, gave Odysseus an auger to help with the construction of a raft. Odyssey - book 5, line 258 - Kalypso, the shining goddess, gave Odysseus sails for his raft. Odyssey - book 5, line 263 - After five days of work, Odysseus was ready to leave on his raft; Kalypso gave him wine and food for his journey. Odyssey - book 5, line 276 - Kalypso tells Odysseus to keep the constellation of the Bear [Kallisto - Ursa Major] on his right as he crosses the sea on his raft. Odyssey - book 5, line 321 - When his raft was torn apart by the waves and Odysseus was plunged into the water, he was weighted down by the clothes Kalypso had given him.

Odyssey - book 5, line 372 - In the storm-tossed seas, the goddess, Ino, gave Odysseus a veil to keep him afloat so he removed the clothing Kalypso had given him. Odyssey - book 7, line 245 - In the hall of the king of the Phaiakians, Odysseus tells queen Arete about the daughter of Atlas, Kalypso, and her island, Ogygia. Odyssey - book 7, line 254 - In the hall of the king of the Phaiakians, Odysseus tells queen Arete about Kalypso and her island, Ogygia. Odyssey - book 7, line 260 - In the hall of the king of the Phaiakians, Odysseus tells queen Arete how he was the prisoner of Kalypso for seven years. Odyssey - book 8, line 452 - In the home of the king of the Phaiakians, Odysseus was given his first bath since he left the island of Kalypso.

Odyssey - book 9, line 29 - In the home of King Alkinoos of the Phaiakians, Odysseus tells how Kalypso kept him on her island so that he would become her immortal husband. Odyssey - book 12, line 389 - After Odysseus's crew had eaten the forbidden oxen of Helios, Odysseus remembered that Kalypso had told him that Hermes had predicted the event when he had visited her home. Odyssey - book 12, line 448 - In the home of the king of the Phaiakians, Odysseus says that he will not repeat the story of his stay on the island of Ogygia, home of Kalypso. Odyssey - book 17, line 143 - Telemachos tells his mother, Penelope, the story Menelaos had told him in Sparta; Proteus told Menelaus that Odysseus was alive on the island of the Nymph Kalypso.

Odyssey - book 23, line 333 - Odysseus tells Penelope about his stay on the island Ogygia, home of Kalypso. Other Text Treferences Theogony line 1017 - And the bright goddess Kalypso was joined to Odysseus in sweet love, and bare him Nausithoos and Nausinoos. Catalogue of Women [Loeb Classical Library vol. 503, Hesiod II] fragment 98.31 - To the tribe of the lordly Kephallenians they hastened, whom Kalypso, queenly Nymph, bore to Hermes. Hymn to Demeter II line 419 - Persephone tells her mother Demeter that she was picking flowers with her friends when she was kidnapped by Hades [lord of the dead]; Kalypso was one of Persephone's friends. Telegony fragment 2 - The author of the Telegony, a Kyrenaean, relates that Odysseus and Kalypso had a son named Telegonos or Teledamos.

The Argonautika by Apollonius Rhodius book 4, line 574 - And next they passed Melite, rejoicing in the soft-blowing breeze, and steep Kerossos, and Nymphaea at a distance, where lady Kalypso, daughter of Atlas, dwelt; and they deemed they saw the misty mountains of Thunder. Description of Greece by Pausanias book 8 [Arkadia], 3.7 - ... and Kallisto herself he [Zeus] turned into the constellation known as the Great Bear, which is mentioned by Homer in the return voyage of Odysseus from Kalypso ... Calypsos - definition of calypsos by The Free Dictionary Calypsos - definition of calypsos by The Free Dictionary Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Ca·lyp·so 1 n. Greek Mythology A sea nymph who delayed Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.

[Latin Calypsō, from Greek Kalupsō, from kaluptein, to conceal; see kel-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] Ca·lyp·so 2 or ca·lyp·so (kə-lĭp′sō) n. pl. Ca·lyp·sos or ca·lyp·sos also Ca·lyp·soes or ca·lyp·soes A type of music that originated in the West Indies, notably in Trinidad, and is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects.

[Probably alteration (influenced by Calypso , in reference to the nymph's island home) of Caribbean English kaliso, variant of kariso, variant of kaiso, bravo (shout of approval for a Calypsonian's performance), Calypso music, from ka iso!, shout of encouragement with which West Indian slaves accompanied singers singing satirical songs about plantation owners and overseers, from Efik ka isu, go on (imperative form) (from ka, go, advance + isu, face, front, forward), and its Ibibio equivalent kaa iso.] Ca·lyp·so′ni·an (kə-lĭp-sō′nē-ən, kăl′ĭp-) n. ca·lyp·so (kə-lĭp′sō) n. pl. ca·lyp·sos A terrestrial orchid (Calypso bulbosa) native to northern temperate regions, having a rose-pink flower with an inflated pouchlike lip usually marked with white, purple, and yellow.

[Probably Latin Calypsō, Calypso; see Calypso1.] calypso (kəˈlɪpsəʊ) n, pl -sos 1. (Music, other) a popular type of satirical, usually topical, West Indian ballad, esp from Trinidad, usually extemporized to a percussive syncopated accompaniment 2. (Dancing) a dance done to the rhythm of this song [C20: probably from Calypso] (kəˈlɪpsəʊ) n, pl -sos (Plants) a rare N temperate orchid, Calypso (or Cytherea) bulbosa, whose flower is pink or white with purple and yellow markings [C19: named after Calypso] (kəˈlɪpsəʊ) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth (in Homer's Odyssey) a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years Ca•lyp•so n., pl. -sos. 1. a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years. 2.

(l.c.) a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usu. having topical, often improvised, lyrics. 3. (l.c.) a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower. calypso - The style in which a shirt's tails are tied in a knot at the waist. See also related terms for waist . ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Greek Mythology- Key Terms at Cantwell-Sacred Heart Of Mary High School - StudyBlue Size: 28 Views: 2 Calypso 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 the Titan Atlas Odysseus was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and a hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in that same Epic Cycle. Advertisement ) Polyphemus is the gigantic one-eyed son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes.

His name means "much spoken of" or "famous".[1] Polyphemus plays a pivotal role in Homer's Odyssey. Sirens were dangerous and beautiful creatures, portrayed as femmes fatales who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island Scylla was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis Charybdis was a sea monster, later rationalised as a whirlpool and considered a shipping hazard in the Strait of Messina. Teiresias was a blind prophet of Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years Circe is a minor goddess of magic (or sometimes a nymph, witch, enchantress or sorceress), described in Homer's Odyssey as "The loveliest of all immortals" Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ofancient Greek epic poets. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.

Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who keeps her suitorsat bay in his long absence and is eventually reunited with him Poseidon is one of the twelve Olympian deities of thepantheon in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea" Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men"who rules the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father rules the family. He is the god of skyand thunder in Greek mythology Hermes was an Olympian god in Greek religion andmythology, son of Zeus and the Pleiade Maia. He was second youngest of the Olympian gods. Ithaca is an island located in the Ionian Sea, inGreece Epic poetry is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation Advertisement Cicones were a Homeric Thracian[1] tribe, whose stronghold in the time of Odysseus was the town of Ismara (or Ismarus), located at the foot of mount Ismara,[2] on the south[3] coast of Thrace (modern Greece).

Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, south of the southwest end of the Dardanelles / Hellespontand northwest of Mount Ida. It is best known for being the setting of theTrojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle and especially in theIliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer Athena is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill Telemachus is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character inHomer's Odyssey Helios Calypso | Define Calypso at Dictionary.com Calypso noun, plural Calypsos. 1. Also, Kalypso . Classical Mythology. a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years. 2. (lowercase). Also called fairy-slipper . a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower. 3.

(lowercase) a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often improvised, lyrics. verb (used without object) (lowercase) to sing or dance to calypso. Origin of Calypso Expand the name of the musical style is of obscure origin and perhaps only copies the spelling of Calypso the sea nymph Related forms [kuh-lip-soh-nee-uh n, kal-ip-] /kə lɪpˈsoʊ ni ən, ˌkæl ɪp-/ (Show IPA), noun, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for Calypso Expand Homer's Odyssey Denton J. Snider Do you remember, in the Odyssey, when poor Calypso begs him to remain? The Firing Line Robert W. Chambers Calypso imparts the decree to Ulysses, who soon sets about doing his part. Homer's Odyssey Denton J. Snider In the Odyssey, it is true, we have Circe and Calypso; but they are goddesses couching with a mortal, and excite no human passion. Homer's Odyssey Denton J.

Snider But I was often Odysseus the much-enduring, and very well acquainted with the wiles of Calypso. It is Ulysses who is "reluctant," and Calypso who is "amorous." Milton Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh British Dictionary definitions for Calypso Expand noun (pl) -sos 1. a popular type of satirical, usually topical, West Indian ballad, esp from Trinidad, usually extemporized to a percussive syncopated accompaniment 2. a dance done to the rhythm of this song Word Origin noun (pl) -sos 1. a rare N temperate orchid, Calypso (or Cytherea) bulbosa, whose flower is pink or white with purple and yellow markings Word Origin noun 1. (Greek myth) (in Homer's Odyssey) a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.

1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for Calypso Expand sea nymph in the "Odyssey," literally "hidden, hider" (perhaps originally a death goddess) from Greek kalyptein "to cover, conceal," from PIE *kel- "to cover, conceal, save," root of English Hell (see cell ). The West Indian type of song is so called from 1934, of unknown origin or connection to the nymph. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Myths and Mortals (Greek Mythology) - Calypso - Wattpad Myths and Mortals (Greek Mythology) by kotosaka Fantasy Do you know your Artemis from your Aphrodite? Can you name the god of the Underworld, the sea, the sun? Which god rules them all, holding a thunderbolt in his hand, or claw, when he transforms into an eagle?

Or what monsters lurk in the depths of Ta... # Report Story Calypso (/kəˈlɪpsoʊ/; Greek: Καλυψώ, Kalypsō) 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 the Titan Atlas. Hesiod mentions either different Calypsos or the same Calypso as one of the Oceanid daughters of Tethys and Oceanus, and Pseudo-Apollodorus as one of the Nereid daughters of Nereus and Doris. The Odyssey Calypso is remembered most for her role in Homer's Odyssey, in which she keeps the fabled Greek hero Odysseus on her island to make him her immortal husband. According to Homer, Calypso kept Odysseus prisoner at Ogygia for seven years, while Pseudo-Apollodorus says five years and Hyginus says one. Calypso enchants Odysseus with her singing as she strolls to and from across her weaving loom, with a golden shuttle.

During this time they sleep together, although Odysseus soon comes to wish for circumstances to change. Odysseus cannot be away from his wife Penelope any longer and wants to go to Calypso to tell her. His patron goddess Athena asks Zeus to order the release of Odysseus from the island, and Zeus orders the messenger Hermes, to tell Calypso to set Odysseus free, for it was not his destiny to live with her forever. She angrily comments on how the gods hate for goddesses to have affairs with mortals, but eventually concedes, sending Odysseus on his way after providing him with wine, bread, and the provisions to build a small raft. Homer 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's mother. In other accounts Calypso bore Odysseus two children, Nausithous and Nausinous.

The story of Odysseus and Calypso has some close resemblances to the interactions between Gilgamesh and Siduri in the Epic of Gilgamesh in that "the lone female plies the inconsolable hero-wanderer with drink and sends him off to a place beyond the sea reserved for a special class of honoured people" and "to prepare for the voyage he has to cut down and trim timbers." Name The etymology of Calypso's name is from καλύπτω (kalyptō), meaning "to cover", "to conceal", "to hide", or "to deceive". According to Etymologicum Magnum her name means καλύπτουσα το διανοούμενον (kalýptousa to dianooúmenon), i.e. "concealing the knowledge", which combined with the Homeric epithet δολόεσσα (dolóessa), meaning subtle or wily, justifies the hermetic character of Calypso and her island.

The spelling of "Calypso music" reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name and is not otherwise related to the character in the Odyssey. Cast The Odyssey - Book Five - Detailed Version Book Five Soon after dawn breaks on Mount Olympus, Athena puts the case of Odysseus once more before the gods. At her prompting, Zeus dispatches Hermes with a message for Calypso. Binding on his magic sandals, Hermes skims over the waves to the island paradise where the nymph has detained Odysseus. He finds her at her hearth in the midst of a forest redolent with cedar smoke and thyme. She's suprised by the visit but extends hospitality before asking its cause. Seating Hermes, she puts before him nectar and ambrosia, the sustenance of the gods. "I'm not here because I enjoy crossing the desolate sea," says Hermes. "I bring a message from Zeus: Send Odysseus home." "You jealous gods! Can't you bear to see one of us keep a mortal of her own?" cries Calypso. "Oh very well, there's no arguing with Zeus. Hermes rises to take his leave.

"And next time, do God's bidding with a better grace." Calypso knows where to find Odysseus. Every day for the last seven years he's sat on the same rock gazing out to sea, weeping for home and Penelope. "If I told you that there's heartbreak and shipwreck in store," asks the goddess, "would you trade immortality and me for that mortal wench?" "Yes, though she's nothing in comparison to your radiant self, I'd gladly endure what the sea deals out." "Very well then, you may go." " What kind of trick is this?" asks Odysseus, who is famous for tricks himself. "You'll understand if I'm suspicious." "No trick. I swear by Styx ." And so the next morning she leads him to a pine wood and gives him tools to build a raft. Five days later, provisioned with food and drink, he sets sail. Instructed by Calypso, he keeps Orion and its companion constellations on his left and sails for seventeen days without sight of land. Then, just as an island appears on the horizon, Poseidon notices what is afoot.

"So, my fellow gods have taken pity on Odysseus. If Zeus wills it, then he's headed home. But not before I give him a voyage to remember." Taking his trident in both hands, Poseidon stirs the sea into a fury and lashes up rain and squall. Mast and sail are torn away, Odysseus is thrown overboard and buried under a wall of water. When he emerges gasping and sputtering, he somehow manages to clamber back aboard. A goddess, Leucothea , appears to him in the form of a bird. She counsels him to swim for it. "Take my veil, tie it around your waist as a charm against drowning. When you reach shore, be sure to throw it back into the sea." Odysseus doubts. Surely it is safer to keep to the boat. But Poseidon soon solves his dilemma by smashing it to bits. Satisfied, the Sea God drives off in his chariot. Odysseus swims and drifts for two days, until he hears surf breaking on a rockbound coast. A strong wave bears him in, straight onto the rocks.

Desperately he clings to a ledge, until torn off by the undertow. He has the presence of mind to swim back out to sea. It is then he sees a break in the reefs, the mouth of a river just up the coast. He prays to the deity of this stream to take him in. And the god has mercy on him. Battered and half-drowned as he is, he remembers to throw the veil back to Leucothea. Then he staggers to the bank and falls face down in the mud. Still he can't rest, for he knows that river air grows deathly cold at night and anywhere he'll be easy prey to beasts. Then he finds a clump of olive trees, so thickly tangled as to make a cage. And, drawing leaves up over himself for a blanket, he sleeps the sleep of the dead.

Question: In Greek myth, which nymph detained Odysseus on her island for seven years?
Answer: Calypso