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, 1883.]]

Calypso was a sea nymph in Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 and the daughter of the Titan god Atlas; her mother was probably Tethys
Tethys

Tethys can refer to:* Tethys , a Titaness in Greek mythology* Tethys , a natural satellite of Saturn* Tethys Ocean, a Mesozoic-era ocean between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia...
. She is remembered for her imprisonment of the fabled Greek
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 hero Odysseus
Odysseus

Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
 on her island, Ogygia
Ogygia

Ogygia , is an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey book V as the home of the nymph Calypso , the daughter of the Titan Atlas , also known as Atlantis ...
 (believed to be the modern day Gozo
Gozo

Gozo is an island of the Malta#Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the island is part of the Southern European country Malta and is the second largest after the Malta Island itself within the archipelago....
), in Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
's Odyssey
Odyssey

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Hellenic civilization epic poetrys attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work traditionally ascribed to Homer....
. She desired to make him her immortal husband. Athena
Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....
 asked Zeus
Zeus

Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
 to spare Odysseus of his torment on the island, as he wanted to go to his homeland and see his beloved wife.






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, 1883.]]

Calypso was a sea nymph in Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 and the daughter of the Titan god Atlas; her mother was probably Tethys
Tethys

Tethys can refer to:* Tethys , a Titaness in Greek mythology* Tethys , a natural satellite of Saturn* Tethys Ocean, a Mesozoic-era ocean between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia...
. She is remembered for her imprisonment of the fabled Greek
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 hero Odysseus
Odysseus

Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
 on her island, Ogygia
Ogygia

Ogygia , is an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey book V as the home of the nymph Calypso , the daughter of the Titan Atlas , also known as Atlantis ...
 (believed to be the modern day Gozo
Gozo

Gozo is an island of the Malta#Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the island is part of the Southern European country Malta and is the second largest after the Malta Island itself within the archipelago....
), in Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
's Odyssey
Odyssey

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Hellenic civilization epic poetrys attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work traditionally ascribed to Homer....
. She desired to make him her immortal husband. Athena
Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....
 asked Zeus
Zeus

Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
 to spare Odysseus of his torment on the island, as he wanted to go to his homeland and see his beloved wife. Zeus sent Hermes
Hermes

Hermes is the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology. An Twelve Olympians, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of thieves and road travelers, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures, of invention, of general commerce, and of the cunni...
, the messenger of the gods, to tell Calypso to release Odysseus. As Zeus was the Lord of the gods, she was unable to refuse him, although she did not wish to let him go. Odysseus eventually returned to his homeland of Ithaca, to be with his beloved wife Penelope
Penelope

In Homer's Odyssey, Penel?pe is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who keeps Suitors of Penelope at bay in his long absence and so is eventually rejoined with him....
 who had been waiting for him for twenty years.

According to Hesiod
Hesiod

Hesiod was a Greek language oral poet, his date is uncertain but leading scholars agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the Eighth-century BCE....
, Calypso bore Odysseus two children: Nausithous and Nausinous
Nausinous

In Greek mythology, Nausinous was the son of Odysseus and Calypso .While Odysseus did not love Calypso and instead wished only for his rightful wife, Penelope, Hermes warned Odysseus to not hesitate in sharing her bed lest he be struck down by the powerful goddess....
. The island of Gozo, part of the Maltese
Malta

Malta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed country European microstates microstate in the European Union....
 archipelago, has a long tradition that links it with the mythical figure of Calypso.