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
TitansOceanus 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]
Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
Larson, Jennifer, "Greek Nymphs : Myth, Cult, Lore", Oxford University Press (US). June 2001.
ISBN978-0-19-512294-7.
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Based on the Work of Samuel Birch, Volume 2, London, J. Murray, 1905.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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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
TitansOceanus 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]
Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
Larson, Jennifer, "Greek Nymphs : Myth, Cult, Lore", Oxford University Press (US). June 2001.
ISBN978-0-19-512294-7.
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Based on the Work of Samuel Birch, Volume 2, London, J. Murray, 1905.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.