"Odysseus und Kalypso", Painting by Arnold Böcklin,1883
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Calypso was a Nymph and the daughter of Atlas. She imprisoned Greek hero Odysseus for five years on her island Ogygia in order to make him immortal. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, she made love to the hero and bore him a son, Latinos. |
Other Nymphs in Greek Mythology |
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- Callisto
(the companion of Artemis)
- Calypso
(the capturer of Odysseus)
- Daphne
(the personification of the laurel tree)
- Echo
(the Nymph of steady reply)
- Io
(the priestess of Hera in Argos)
- Pitys
(the personification of the pine)
- Syrinx
(the Inspiration for Melody)
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