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In Greek mythology, Calypso (/kəˈlɪpsoʊ/; 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] Calypso, who fell deeply in love with Odysseus, was only swayed to release him after Athena convinced Zeus to send the order.[4]
Other references to nymphs named Calypso, include:
- Calypso, one of the Oceanids, the 3,000 water nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.[1][5] She was, along with several of her sisters, one of the companions of Persephone when the maiden was abducted by Hades, the god of the Underworld.[6] Her name may signify 'the sheltering cave'.[7]
- Calypso, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[8]
- Calypso, sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Donakis, Mermesa, Nelisa and Tara.[9]
- ^ a b Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 197. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^ Grimal, s.v. Calypso.
- ^ Homer, Odyssey1.14, 1.51–54 & 7.245; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.24
- ^ "Calypso The Nymph of Ogygia". GreekMythology.com. GreekMythology.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 359.
- ^ Fowler, p. 13; Larson, p. 7; Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2), 2.5, 2.418–423.
- ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 41.
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.2.7
- ^ Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1905). History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch. Vol. 2. pp. 92.