In
Greek mythology, Calypso (;
Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ ''Kalypso'' means 'she who conceals' or 'like the hidden tide'
) is the name of several
nymphs, the most well known being:
*
Calypso, the nymph who, in
Homer's ''
Odyssey'', kept
Odysseus
Odysseus ( ; grc-gre, Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, OdysseúsOdyseús, ), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses ( , ; lat, UlyssesUlixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the ''Odyssey''. Odysse ...
with her on her island of
Ogygia for seven years.
Other references to nymphs named Calypso, include:
* Calypso, one of the
Oceanids, the 3,000
water nymph
In Greek mythology, the naiads (; grc-gre, ναϊάδες, naïádes) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
They are distinct from river gods, wh ...
daughters of the
Titans Oceanus
In Greek mythology, Oceanus (; grc-gre, , Ancient Greek pronunciation: , also Ὠγενός , Ὤγενος , or Ὠγήν ) was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods a ...
and his sister-wife
Tethys.
She was, along with several of her sisters, one of the companions of
Persephone when the maiden was abducted by
Hades
Hades (; grc-gre, ᾍδης, Háidēs; ), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also ...
, the god of the
Underworld. Her name may signify 'the sheltering cave'.
* Calypso, one of the 50
Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the '
Old Man of the Sea'
Nereus and the Oceanid
Doris.
*Calypso, one of the seven
Hesperides and sister of
Aiopis In Greek mythology, Aiopis was one of the seven Hesperides and sister of Antheia, Kalypso, Donakis, Mermesa In Greek mythology, Mermesa was one of the names attested on a greek vase as part of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Anthe ...
,
Antheia,
Donakis In Greek mythology, Donakis was one of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Kalypso, Mermesa In Greek mythology, Mermesa was one of the names attested on a greek vase as part of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Anth ...
,
Mermesa In Greek mythology, Mermesa was one of the names attested on a greek vase as part of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Donakis, Kalypso, Nelisa and Tara.
Note
Reference
* Walters, Henry Beauchamp, ''History of Ancie ...
,
Nelisa and
Tara.
Notes
References
*
Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Fowler, R. L., ''Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary'', Oxford University Press, 2013. .
* Grimal, Pierre, ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. .
* Hesiod
Hesiod (; grc-gre, Ἡσίοδος ''Hēsíodos'') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by western authors as 'the first written poet i ...
, '' Theogony'', in ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White'', Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Homer, ''The Odyssey'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
*''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Kerényi, Carl, ''The Gods of the Greeks'', Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
*Larson, Jennifer, "Greek Nymphs : Myth, Cult, Lore", Oxford University Press (US). June 2001. .
* Walters, Henry Beauchamp, ''History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Based on the Work of Samuel Birch, Volume 2'', London, J. Murray, 1905.
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