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In [[Greek mythology]] '''Kalypso''' (Greek: 'Καλυψώ', 'I will conceal'), or '''Calypso''', was a sea [[nymph]], daughter of [[Atlas]], on whose island, [[Ogygia]], [[Odysseus]] landed.

Calypso nursed Odysseus back to health and kept him on Ogygia for seven years. Eventually, Odysseus was overcome with nostalgia for [[Ithaca]] but Calypso would not let go of him. She even promised him immortality if he stayed.

Finally, the goddess [[Athena]] intervened and asked [[Zeus]] to order her to let him go. Zeus sent [[Hermes]] and Kalypso reluctantly agreed. She led Odysseus to a forest on her island and gave him tools to make a raft. When Odysseus completed his raft, Calypso gave him supplies for his journey and some wine. Odysseus left to be with his beloved [[Penelope]] and Kalypso died in grief. With [[Odysseus]], she was the mother of [[Nausinous]].

==References==
*[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' V and VII;
*[[Apollodorus]], ''[[Epitome]]'' VII, 24.

[[Category:Nymphs]]
[[Category:Characters in the Odyssey]]

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Irlandos at 21:15, February 2, 2006