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Encyclopedia > Kalypso (mythology)

In Greek mythology Kālypsō (Greek: 'Καλυψώ', 'I will conceal'), or Calypso, was a sea nymph, daughter of Atlas, who delayed Odysseus on her dark and depressing island (Ogygia) for seven years. Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Sunset at sea Look up Sea on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Look up maritime on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature entities, sometimes bound to a particular location or landform. ... In Greek mythology, Atlas was a member of a race of giant gods known as Titans. ... Odysseus and the Sirens. ... Ogygia was believed to have been an island in the Mediterranean that sank following a huge and powerful earthquake, which shook the area before the bronze age. ...


Athena intervened and asked Zeus to order her to let him go. Zeus sent Hermēs and Kalypsō reluctantly agreed. She had promised him immortality if he stayed. He left to be with his beloved Penelope. Kalypsō died in grief. With Odysseus, she was the mother of Nausinous. Athena from the east pediment of the Afea temple in Aegina After a sculpture of Athena at the Louvre. ... Statue of Zeus Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th-century engraving. ... Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus, by Praxiteles HermÄ“s (pronounced HUR-mees Greek: Έρμης: pile of marker stones), in Greek mythology, is the god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators, literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures and invention and... Penelope represented as a statue in the Vatican, Rome Penélopê (Πηνελοπεια) is a character of the Odyssey, one of the two great epic poems (the other being the Iliad; both are attributed to Homer) of ancient Greek literature. ... Odysseus and the Sirens. ... In Greek mythology, Nausinous was the son of Odysseus and either Circe or Calypso. ...


Homer, Odyssey V and VII; Apollodorus, Epitome VII, 24. Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... Odysseus and Nausicaä - by Charles Gleyre The Odyssey (Greek Οδύσσεια) is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first of which is the Iliad. ... Apollodorus was a popular name in the ancient world. ... 1. ...


Daughter of Perse

Another Calypso is the daughter of Perse (and hence granddaughter of Oceanus and Tethys) and either Helios or Apollo. In Greek mythology, Perse (also Persa or Perseis) was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, therefore one of the three-thousand Oceanids. ... Oceanus or Okeanos refers to the ocean, which the Greeks and Romans regarded as a river circling the world. ... Tethys can refer to: Tethys the titaness of Greek mythology Tethys the natural satellite of Saturn The Tethys Ocean existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia before the opening of the Atlantic Ocean on Earth. ... This article is about Helios in Greek and Roman mythology. ... Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; Απελλων) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt), one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian divinities. ...


Calypso in Popular Culture

Suzanne Vega (born July 11, 1959) is an American songwriter and singer. ... Calypso might refer to one of several things: In Greek mythology, Calypso is the name of a sea nymph; Calypso music is a style of Caribbean folk music; Calypso is the name of an album sung by Harry Belafonte; Calypso is the name of a moon of Saturn; The Calypso... Solitude Standing is Suzanne Vegas second, most popular, and most critically-acclaimed album. ... Calypso might refer to one of several things: In Greek mythology, Calypso is the name of a sea nymph; Calypso music is a style of Caribbean folk music; Calypso is the name of an album sung by Harry Belafonte; Calypso is the name of a moon of Saturn; The Calypso...

Kalypso in World of Warcraft

Kalypso is a Night Elf Druid in the popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. Kalypso plays on the PvP realm, Stormreaver.

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CALYPSO : Atlantid nymph of Ogygia Island ; Greek mythology : KALYPSO (3612 words)
KALYPSO (or Calypso) was the goddess Nymph of the mythical island of Ogygia, and one of the many daughters of the Titan Atlas.
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.
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.
Kalypso * The Immortals * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant (1575 words)
In The Odyssey by Homer, Kalypso (Calypso) is said to be the daughter of Atlas.
Yet Kalypso is also said to be the daughter of Tethys, who brought forth a separate race of Okeanids.
When it came time to leave, Kalypso in her loving nature, gave Odysseus provisions and sent him on his way with a fair wind to speed him home.
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