Ogygia
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Ogygia is an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, Book V, as the home of the nymph Calypso, the daughter of the Titan Atlas. In Homer's Odyssey, Calypso detained Odysseus on Ogygia for seven years and
Odysseus and Calypso in the caves of Ogygia. Painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625)
Calypso Cave in Xagħra, Gozo. According to Maltese tradition, this was the cave of Calypso and Odysseus.
Calypso (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Calypso was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where, according to Homer's Odyssey, she detained Odysseus for seven years against his will. She promised Odysseus immortalit
Ogygia
…Ogygia (; Ancient Greek: Ὠγυγίη, romanized: Ōgygíē , or Ὠγυγία Ōgygíā ) is an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, Book V, as the home of the nymph Calypso, the daughter of the Titan Atlas. In Homer's Odyssey, Calypso detained Odysseus on Ogygia for seven years and kept him from returning to his home of…
Calypso, blonde-haired goddess by Jan Styka (20th century)
Odysseus and Calypso, painted by Max Beckmann, 1943
Detail from Calypso receiving Telemachus and Mentor in the Grotto by William Hamilton
Calypso by George Hitchcock (about 1906)