Calypso (nymphs)
Any of several nymphs
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In Greek mythology, Calypso (/kəˈlɪpsoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ Kalypso means 'she who conceals')[1] 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.[2] Calypso, who fell deeply in love with Odysseus, was only swayed to release him after Athena convinced Zeus to send the order.[citation needed]
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.[3] 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.[4] Her name may signify 'the sheltering cave'.[5]
- Calypso, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[6]
- Calypso, one of the Hesperides as named on an ancient Greek vase.[7]
