(). Under this name we find in Hesiod (Hes. Th. 359) a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, and in Apollodorus
(1.2.7) a daughter of Nereus, while the Homeric Calypso is
described as a daughter of Atlas. (Od. 1.50.) This last Calypso
was a nymph inhabiting the island of Ogygia, on the coast of which Odysseus was thrown when he
was shipwrecked. Calypso loved the unfortunate hero, and promised him eternal youth and
immortality if he would remain with her. She detained him in her island for seven years, until
at length she was obliged by the gods to allow him to continue his journey homewards. (Od. 5.28, &c., 7.254, &c.)