The Greek myth of Calypso and Odysseus Ulysses is full of intrigue and moments of seduction. Calypso, in Greek mythology, seduced Odysseus and kept him for years away from his wife, Penelope, until Athena intervened; eventually Calypso had to let him go and even helped him to build his boat. She has both negative and positive connotation in Greek mythology: as a concealer and seductress, Calypso is a negative symbol, but as a rescuer she is a positive one. She is always compared with Penelope and thus ended up being a force of diversion and distraction.
Calypso lived in Ogygia , where she was ousted as a prisoner because she supported her father in the battles between Titans and Olympians. Where the island was is still unknown, and there are many versions of its possible location. Some believed that the island was located in the western Mediterranean Sea, or more precisely — in the Ionian Sea. Anyway, in the island Ogygia, Calypso welcomed the exhausted Greek hero, Odysseus, who was drifted for nine days in the open sea after losing his ship and his army to the monsters of Italy and Sicily when coming back home from Troy.
Mythical Calypso fell for Odysseus and wanted to make him her immortal husband and give him the eternal youth. Calypso was so much in love with him that despite his refusal of her offers, she kept hoping and seducing Odysseus. Eventually, she made him her lover. They lived together for seven years in her breath-taking cave-home, and according to Hesiod, Calypso even gave birth to two kids: Nausithous and Nausinous.
His just and kind rule would be wasted if his name faded out of memory too soon. His son was also in danger, as the many suitors who had come to woo Penelope were plotting to kill the young man to get him out of their way. Even as Telemachus was hearing news of his father at the court of Menelaus, the jealous suitors were planning to kill him when he returned.
The king of the gods sent Hermes to Ogygia to speak to the nymph that held Odysseus. When the messenger god arrived, Calypso immediately knew who he was, and hinted that she cold guess why he was there. Odysseus was not destined to live out his life with Calypso, and Zeus ordered the nymph to obey the dictates of fate. Calypso was furious that Zeus had commanded her to send Odysseus away. She accused him, and the rest of the gods, of hypocrisy. All of the Olympians, particularly Zeus, had enjoyed affairs with many mortal women.
Now that she had taken a mortal husband he was jealous of her, as well. Still, she could not disobey the king of the gods without bringing his wrath down on her and her peaceful island. She had no choice but to obey destiny and her king and let Odysseus go. Even then, he had no ship or crew to help him reach Ithaca. Zeus had commanded that Odysseus was to build a raft to set off from Ogygia. She called Odysseus home when Hermes had left and told him that he was free to leave.
She omitted the demands of the Olympians, however, and tried to make him believe that she had decided it was time on her own. He feared it was a trick of some kind and would not begin work on a raft until she pledged an oath that she meant him no harm.
No innocent could have mustered such words as those. So be it then—let Earth be witness to me in this, and the arching Heaven above, and the downward water of the Styx—most solemn and most fearsome of oaths with the blessed gods—that I will plot against you no new mischief to your ruin. No; I have in mind—I will ponder now—the very plans I would shape for myself if ever need pressed as hard on me.
My whole bent is to honest dealing; in this breast of mine there is no heart of iron; I have compassion. The two spent one last night together, Odysseus finally happy for her company again, and the next day set to work building and provisioning a raft for his journey. She showed him where the best trees were on the island and gave him bronze tools to work with.
While he cut the logs he needed she began fashioning a sail. It took four days for the work to be completed. On the fifth morning the nymph filled the raft with food, water, and wine and presented Odysseus with fine new clothing.
The hero was now under divine protection, however, and the sea nymph Ino came to his rescue. He reached the land of the friendly Phaeacians. When he tells his tale they agree to help him return to Ithaca. Homer does not mention Calypso again.
Many centuries later, a Roman poet would imagine her distress after Odysseus sailed away, saying that she sat by the sea and wept every time she remembered the happiness she had once shared with him. While most stories of love affairs in Greek mythology end with the birth of a child, or many children, Homer does not mention any children that Calypso may have had with Odysseus.
Any other children he may have fathered along the way would add an unnecessary complication to his story. Like many of the minor characters in Greek mythology , the identities of the possible children of Calypso vary from source to source. Lacking documentation from Homer, later writers sometimes embellished or changed parentage when they recounted the tale. Circe is usually claimed to have given birth to at least three sons, although Odysseus only spent one year with her.
The discrepancies in the number of children each of his mistresses bore could be a commentary on how valid and ideal their relationships seemed to the writers. A few accounts, however, do name children born to Calypso during the seven years Odysseus spent with her. While Odysseus worked hard, even in defiance of the gods and Fate, to get home to his son Telemachus, his other children are rarely mentioned again.
Latinus had differing and often contradictory legends in Rome, and the only story of Telgonus is lost. Telemachus was a driving force in the Odyssey , but the other children Odysseus fathered along the way remained little more than footnotes in the story.
Calypso comes across as a difficult figure in the Odyssey. In that tale, she lived on the island of Ogygia. What is known, though, is that Calypso wanted to keep him for her husband.
Calypso fell in love with Odysseus, much as Greek gods tended to do with Greek women. She used her powers to enchant him as she wove, keeping under her spell for most of the time he was on the island.
Eventually, Odysseus would get Athena to intervene on his behalf. Fortunately for Odysseus, she was relatively kind to him — not only did she let him go, but she also gave him supplies so he could complete his journey home. Not only was Calypso expected to act differently than the male Greek gods, but she also went out of her way to be kind when she was forced to let her prisoner go.
In some tales, Calypso is the mother of the Etruscan ruler Latinus. There is are also a few classical sources that say that Calypso and Odysseus had an unnamed daughter. This girl would go on to marry her half-brother Telemachus, the son of Odysseus and Penelope.
While this is not found in the Odyssey, it is a fairly common note in folk mythology. If you use any of the content on this page in your own work, please use the code below to cite this page as the source of the content.
Home » Calypso. Calyso first met when Percy was stranded on Ogygia. She had healed Percy after he was severely weakened at Mount Saint Helens.
Percy later learns about her punishment for helping her father Atlas. She asks him to join her and live with her forever where he would become immortal, but he turns her down, even though it would save him from the Great Prophecy if he had stayed on the island, he would never turn Calypso was in love with Percy, who felt very attracted to her and liked her as well.
He considered her more beautiful than Aphrodite, "but I wouldn't say that out loud or she'd blast me to ashes,". Percy has even stated, that for as long as he lived, she would always be his biggest "what-if". However, like all other heroes that land on her island, Percy had to leave her for others in this case, for the safety of his friends and family , which too was part of her punishment.
Francis Drake was an English sea captain, privateer and politician who ended up at Ogygia at some point in his life. Like all other of Calypso's lovers, he left for his wife, Elizabeth Sydenham. Calypso fell in love with the clever Odysseus after he washed up in Ogygia during his trip back to Ithaca , after the Trojan War. However, Odysseus left to return to his wife, Penelope , and their son, Telemachus. Apollo and Calypso knew each other from Olympus and had old drama with each other, with Apollo voting to have her stay on Ogygia and not freeing her from the island after Percy requested.
Apollo even made a petition against freeing her to to drama they'd had. Due to that, she developed bitter feelings for the god. However, Apollo thought she was beguiling and extremely beautiful. Calypso and Apollo met again in The Hidden Oracle , and he thought she was still beautiful but thought it wasn't fair she retained her divine beauty from being a Titaness. But he felt sympathy for the sorceress and could relate to losing powers.
But he was also secretly relieved she didn't have powers, because she couldn't turn him into a tree frog or order her servants to toss him off of the Athena Parthenos. Apollo thought Calypso had an easiness and Grace inside her he could not fathom, and that she was courageous for willingly becoming mortal.
Calypso asked Apollo how she could help him with his quest, and Apollo started sucking up to her, saying he had meant to visit her and she was kind and forgiving, but Calypso told him to spare her, and that she's only helping him because her boyfriend, Leo Valdez , wanted to help him. Later, Apollo said it seemed wrong for them to help him because how they risked their lives to get to Camp, and Calypso said perhaps he had changed, though he wasn't handsome as before, and hadn't lost his big head.
Calypso agreed with Apollo soon after that singing is good for the soul, and offered to teach him how to harmonize for the campfire. Their relationship was strained, and Apollo didn't particularly like Calypso.
Calypso and Apollo argued when Calypso said that Godly Positioning Systems aren't a real thing, and was angry at him when he suggested they get off of Festus when she already had.
Apollo replied that maybe if her visions were more helpful he would listen to her, and she cursed at him in ancient Minoan. But he didn't want to leave her behind when she broke her ankle. The two also collaborated to distract the Blemmyae while Leo went into a bulldozer, and Calypso helped tell them his story, calling him "Most Worthless of Teens". She said he had the breath of poison, which made him want to push her into a nearby flower bed.
She also hates when he says his limericks. Apollo even thought about leaving her behind to die with the blemmyae. He thought she was clueless about modern life and he thought it was unfair he was questing with someone as foolish as he was. The next morning, they departed on their quest, and Calypso was angry that he forgot that Trophonius was his child, and said the size of his brain was very small.
She then told him to stop being such a gluotos, which means buttocks. When they arrived at the zoo, Apollo was angry that she didn't have powers anymore and told her so, and Calypso said she wished he could teleport them, and Apollo said he could see why he trapped her on Ogygia for 3, years.
Apollo then yelled at her for being ungrateful for her island, and said she was just as bad as Hemithea for giving up her immortality, and that his plight was worse than hers. This upsetted her and and Apollo thought of apologizing, but he decided against it. They cooperated well and bonded while getting Heloise and Abelard , and sang a duet.
As they sang, Apollo realized that Calypso's plight on Ogygia is worse than his present predicament, and felt guilty about not letting her off the island. He thought about apologizing, but he knew it was too late and that there was no going back.
After the duet and Lityerses advanced on them, Apollo told her she wasn't as bad as he originally thought and Calypso reassured him that they wouldn't die, since that would deprive her of killing him later.
He was also grateful to her when she wanted to rescue Meg McCaffrey after barely knowing her. After that, Apollo and Calypso began considering each other as friends. She helped him when Georgina gave him a message from Trophonius on the Throne of Memory , and pointed out that it was not a prophecy, it was a message.
Calypso also said it made sense for Georgina to be his daughter. At dinner, Apollo was concerned about her magic and if it was returning. That night, Calypso and Leo invited Apollo to talk with them and told them they were staying at the Waystation in Indianapolis , and was shocked but supportive when Calypso said she wanted to go to a mortal high school.
Calypso was worried about leaving Apollo alone, but he reassured her that he had Meg by his side, even though he would miss her and Leo. Calypso also promised she wasn't going to drop off the radar completely.
Apollo was emotional on how much they cared for him and he said he appreciated them, and they were great friends. Calypso was teary eyed and told him to not get carried away, and that he was still annoying, and Apollo replied that she was still a pain in the gluotos, making Calypso smirk. Calypso smirked at Apollo the next day when Georgina didn't need Apollo in her life. Calypso refused to say goodbye to Apollo the next day because she knew she would see him soon.
Hemithea , one of the two caretakers he stays with when in Indianapolis. Calypso meets Emmie when she saves her, Apollo, and the Blemmyae and takes her to the Waystation, and to the infirmary, where she heals her wounds. Calypso and Emmie later plant together. Calypso currently lives with Emmie, as she convinced her to live at the Waystation with her and Jo. Josephine , one of the two care takers she stays with in Indianapolis. Hephaestus , a god who visited her on Ogygia.
As seen in The Battle of the Labyrinth , Calypso is kindhearted, and caring. She has a warm heart, revealing that even if her father was ruthless to his enemies, she still loves him and has no anger toward the gods despite their actions. Calypso is very down to earth, understanding why the gods decided to trapping her on her island. She shows a level of curiosity, asking Percy about how the world has changed in the time she has been trapped and feels bad that there is a place where flowers cannot grow, like New York City.
However, Calypso can be feisty and rebellious. She didn't like the fact that she had to fall in love because the gods wanted to punish her. She was very shy around visitors to her island as anyone that arrives there is someone she would fall in love with, causing her to hide her feelings.
In The House of Hades , Calypso was angered for still being trapped on the island despite the gods promising to release her. As a result of this, she was hostile to Leo at first when he lands at her island.
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