Calypso

After drifting in the ocean for days Odysseus comes upon the island of Ogygia and the Nymph who lived there, Calypso. During his time on the island Calypso falls in love with him and offers him eternal life to be her husband, but wanting for home Odysseus declines the offer. Calypso refuses to accept this and keeps Odysseus hostage, where he eventually becomes her lover. In The Odyssey, Calypso is seen as a temptation and obstacle, painting the view that she is at fault for Odysseus’s delay. She…

expresses a wide range of the ideas of loyalty, respect, and integrity taught in Ancient Greece. One example if the many Ancient Greek ideals Homer shows in the Odyssey is intelligence. In the episode, “Calypso: The Sweet Nymph”, Odysseus is stranded on an island with a beautiful, and seductive nymph Calypso. Odysseus first travels to the island willingly, and has an affair…

take Odysseus ten years to return to his homeland. While making his journey home, Odysseus had many adventures. In one of his latest misadventures, Odysseus was imprisoned by the beautiful, yet slightly manic, sea nymph, Calypso. See, Calypso was cursed as well. Calypso was the daughter of the titan, Atlas. In the gods’ war against the titans, Atlas was one of the most ferocious warriors. He slew many of the gods, and it took the Olympian council to finally defeat…

written in the 8th century BCE. The poem is about the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, his journey home after the fall of Troy. In the Odyssey Homer describes women as sexual predators and this symbolizes in the characters of the goddesses Circe, Calypso, and the sirens. Homer wrote the Odyssey more than 2,500 years ago. Back then in Greek society and the world, the dominant role was men. During this time the women were valued but were expected to perform things that men demanded. Women in…

persuading him to free Odysseus from Calypso. She begged her father to make Calypso free Odysseus from her island. She finally convinced him to send Hermes to tell Calypso to free Odysseus from her clutches.…

son as well. Just like the beggar, Odysseus was greatly welcomed by Calypso, a sea nymph, as he approached the island of Ogygia. She kept him with her for several years even though he was a total stranger. Before letting him go, she invited him to live with her forever. With charm, she informs him, ‘If you can see it all . . . all the adversity you face at sea- you would stay here, and be immortal’ (Book 5, Lines 72-75). Calypso wanted Odysseus to stay with her to protect him from the danger…

poem has many themes like hospitality, perseverance, loyalty and piety, but one topic or theme that comes up almost as often as piety is temptation. The main character Odysseus faces many temptations in his quest to return to his home of Ithaca: Calypso, Circe, the Sirens, and the princess Nausicaa. Given his portrayal in the epic, the temptation that Odysseus finds most difficult to resist- a temptation that continues to stack against him many times throughout the work- is the act of giving up…

for a month. They were both exhausted and Telemachus’ leg was in very bad shape. Calypso, like Odysseus, was not allowed to help his leg heal. Poseidon gave her orders not to help them and to try and hurt them more. She was also told to keep them distracted for a year, but she planned on keeping them more than a year because she was in love with Odysseus. She never wanted him to leave again. As the men arrived, Calypso met them on the beach. Once she saw Telemachus she was love-struck. She knew…

his house: some turning the handmill / weave their webs or sit and spin their yarn,” (pg. 182).The Goddess Calypso, who by all means should be in a position of power is also held in a lower standard because she is a woman. Calypso is used by Odysseus until he tires of her and then is promptly shunned once she doesn’t meet his fancy anymore. “Since the nymph no longer pleased,” (pg. 157). Calypso also…

his cave. Another opponent Odysseus encountered was Calypso (nymph) who imprisoned Odysseus on the island of Ogygia. He also made the hard decision of choosing to sail into either Scylla, the sea-monster, or Charybdis, the whirlpool. These opponents were difficult to evade but Odysseus always had a plan to save his men from trouble. When Odysseus and his…