In Greek mythology, CalypsoGrimal, s.v. Calypso. (; The name is derived from kalyptō (καλύπτω), meaning "to cover," "to conceal," or "to hide". Some ancient texts interpret it more abstractly as "concealing the knowledge" or keeping secrets.) is the name of several nymphs, the most well known being:
Calypso, the nymph who, in Homer's Odyssey, kept Odysseus with her on her island of Ogygia for seven years.Homer, Odyssey1.14, 1.51–54 & 7.245; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.24 Calypso, who fell deeply in love with Odysseus, was only swayed to release him after Athena convinced Zeus to send the order.
Other references to nymphs named Calypso, include:
Calypso, one of the Oceanids, the 3,000 water nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.Hesiod, Theogony 359. She was, along with several of her sisters, one of the companions of Persephone when the maiden was abducted by Hades, the god of the Underworld.Fowler, p. 13; Larson, p. 7; Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2), 2.5, 2.418–423. Her name may signify 'the sheltering cave'. Calypso, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Apollodorus, 1.2.7 Calypso, one of the Hesperides as named on an ancient Greek vase.
References
Further reading Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Fowler, R. L., Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013. . Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. . Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951. Larson, Jennifer, "Greek Nymphs : Myth, Cult, Lore", Oxford University Press (US). June 2001. . Walters, Henry Beauchamp, History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Based on the Work of Samuel Birch, Volume 2, London, J. Murray, 1905.