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CALYPSO

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 79 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALYPSO , in See also:

Greek See also:mythology, daughter of See also:Atlas (or See also:Oceanus, or See also:Nereus), See also:queen of the mythical See also:island of Ogygia. When See also:Odysseus was shipwrecked on her shores, Calypso entertained the See also:hero with See also:great hospitality, and prevailed on him to remain with her seven years. Odysseus was then seized with a longing to return to his wife and See also:home; Calypso's promise of eternal youth failed to induce him to stay, and See also:Hermes was sent by See also:Zeus to bid her See also:release him. When he set See also:sail, Calypso died of grief. (See also:Homer, Odyssey, i. 50, V. 28, vii. 254; See also:Apollodorus i.

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