Nymph of the island of Ogygia who kept Odysseus for seven years and offered him immortality. Zeus ordered her to let him go.
From The western seas. Today: unknown. Ancient readers placed many of these around Sicily and Italy.
Strength 3/10 · Wisdom 7/10 · Courage 5/10 · Divinity 7/10 · Fame 7/10
The story
A nymph, daughter of Atlas, on the island of Ogygia. She rescued the shipwrecked Odysseus and kept him with her for seven years, offering to make him immortal if he would stay.
How it ends
Zeus sent Hermes to order her to let him go. She helped him build a raft and sent him on his way.
Still with us today
Her name means “she who conceals”. The music style calypso may have taken her name, and so did Jacques Cousteau’s research ship.
Family
Appears in
Read about them in the Library
- Odyssey 1: A house full of suitors
- Odyssey 4: Menelaus and Helen
- Odyssey 5: Calypso's island
- Odyssey 7: The palace of Alcinous
- Odyssey 12: Sirens, Scylla and the cattle of the Sun
- Theogony and Works and Days 6: The wives and children of Zeus
- Library of Apollodorus 18: Epitome: the homecomings and Odysseus
Ancient sources
- Homer, Odyssey
In the sky and in space
- MoonCalypso
A tiny moon that follows the moon Tethys round Saturn.