Calypso

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mythologicalFigure nymph

Calypso is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island of Ogygia in Homer's Odyssey.

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All labels observed (7)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mythologicalFigure ⓘ nymph ⓘ
appearsIn	Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
associatedWith	Ogygia ⓘ islands ⓘ sea ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	delay of nostos (homecoming) ⓘ temptation ⓘ
category	Characters in the Odyssey ⓘ Nymphs in Greek mythology ⓘ
children	Nausinous ⓘ Nausithous ⓘ
culture	Greek mythology ⓘ
detains	Odysseus ⓘ
durationOfDetentionOfOdysseus	seven years ⓘ
emotion	grief at Odysseus's departure ⓘ
etymology	from Greek verb "kalyptō" meaning "to conceal" ⓘ
father	Atlas ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasChildrenWith	Odysseus ⓘ
influenced	later literary depictions of seductive island women ⓘ
island	Ogygia ⓘ
knownFor	detaining Odysseus ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literarySource	Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey Book 12 (retelling by Odysseus) Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey Book 5 Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey Book 7 (indirect references)
lover	Odysseus ⓘ
mythologicalEra	Mycenaean civilization ⓘ surface form: Heroic Age
nameMeaning	"she who conceals" ⓘ
narrativeFunction	tests Odysseus's loyalty to Penelope ⓘ
obeys	Zeus ⓘ
offers	eternal youth to Odysseus ⓘ immortality to Odysseus ⓘ
orderedBy	Zeus to release Odysseus ⓘ
parent	Atlas ⓘ
portrayedAs	beautiful ⓘ hospitable ⓘ possessive ⓘ powerful ⓘ
power	ability to enchant ⓘ ability to offer immortality ⓘ
residesIn	Ogygia ⓘ
roleInOdyssey	obstacle to Odysseus's return ⓘ
sibling	Hyades ⓘ Alcyone ⓘ surface form: Pleiades
visitedBy	Hermes ⓘ
worship	no major cult attested ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlas from Greek mythology → children → Calypso ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlas

Homer's Odyssey → featuresCharacter → Calypso ⓘ

Odysseus → lover → Calypso ⓘ

Harry Belafonte → notableWork → Calypso ⓘ

Nausinous → mother → Calypso ⓘ

Nausinous → associatedNymph → Calypso ⓘ

Ogygia → associatedWith → Calypso ⓘ

Ogygia → ruledBy → Calypso ⓘ

Ogygia → inhabitedBy → Calypso ⓘ

Nausithous → mother → Calypso ⓘ

Nausithous → parent → Calypso ⓘ

Nymphs of Greek mythology → notableMember → Calypso ⓘ

Children of Atlas → hasMember → Calypso ⓘ

Children of Atlas → hasNotableDaughter → Calypso ⓘ

RV Calypso → namedAfter → Calypso ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calypso (mythological nymph)

research vessel Calypso → namedAfter → Calypso ⓘ

subject surface form: Calypso

this entity surface form: Calypso (mythological nymph)

Ten Years of Gold → includesWork → Calypso ⓘ

Telegony → featuresCharacter → Calypso ⓘ

Leopold Bloom → majorEpisode → Calypso ⓘ

Molly Bloom → appearsInEpisode → Calypso ⓘ

Titan Atlas → children → Calypso ⓘ

Children of Helios → hasMember → Calypso ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calypso (in some traditions)

Calypso → namedAfter → Calypso ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calypso (mythology)

Davy Jones → formerLover → Calypso ⓘ

Isle of Calypso → inspiredBy → Calypso ⓘ

Isle of Calypso → associatedWith → Calypso ⓘ

this entity surface form: nymph Calypso

Tia Dalma → alsoKnownAs → Calypso ⓘ

Tia Dalma → basedOn → Calypso ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calypso (Greek mythology)

Arnold Böcklin → notableWork → Calypso ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odysseus and Calypso