What is Calypso?
[[File:OdysseyHermes.png|thumb|200px|Kalypso and [[Hermes]]]] [[File:Odysseus and Calypso.jpg|thumb|''A Fantastic cave with Odysseus and Calypso'' is a [[painting]] by [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]]. It was done about 1616]] '''Kalypso''' or '''Calypso''' is a [[nymph]] in [[Greek mythology]], who lives on the island [[Ogygia]]. This island was so hidden that no man would find it twice. Calypso was the daughter of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] so she was placed on the island and not allowed to leave. In the ''[[Odyssey]]'', the hero [[Odysseus]] comes to her island after escaping from the sea, and the death of his men. Odysseus was forced to stay with her for seven years. Calypso did not treat him well. Then later, the god [[Hermes]] came and told her that the gods said that she had to let Odysseus go. Calypso promised Odysseus [[immortality]] (that he would live forever) if he stayed, but he wanted to go back to his wife [[Penelope]], and so he left her. She can be seductive at times. {{Commonscat|Calypso (nymph)|Calypso}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Nymphs]]