Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Sea of MonstersĬalypso is briefly mentioned by Circe as being a powerful sorceress, along with Medea. He was loved by Calypso as well and was attracted to her, though he ultimately chose to part with her to be with his wife, Elizabeth Sydenham. Several centuries after Odysseus arrived on Ogygia, Calypso's companion was an English pirate named Drake, who was possibly Sir Francis Drake. Unknown to Calypso, when he is an old man, Odysseus tries to find a way back to her, but his astrolabe lacks a vital crystal from Ogygia to make it work. Her winds allowed the hero to sail away to his destination safely. Calypso begrudgingly accepts this command and gives Odysseus the supplies he needs to make a raft home. Zeus complies and sends Hermes to tell Calypso to set Odysseus free. Odysseus' patron goddess, Athena, asks Zeus to release Odysseus. According to Homer, Calypso kept Odysseus io her island for seven years until Odysseus wished to return to his wife, Penelope, the queen of Ithaca. According to The Battle of the Labyrinth, Odysseus is content at first with Calypso, but he soon becomes unwilling to stay with her. Every thousand years or so, the gods of Olympus will send Calypso a 'companion' (hero) to Ogygia so that Calypso will 'tend to him and befriend him.' All the heroes sent to her attract her, so she falls in love with them, but they will never stay and will end up breaking her heart.Ĭalypso was the absolute ruler of the isle of Ogygia, where she imprisons the Greek hero Odysseus to make him her immortal husband. As Hera felt pity, the gods gave Calypso several servants and will come to visit her every so often to bring the word of the outside world. She cannot leave the island, but others can.

Only Kronos' mighty former second-in-command, Calypso's father, received a different punishment, as he was forced to hold up the sky while being chained to the ruins of Mount Othrys.Īs punishment for her support of the Titans, Calypso was imprisoned in the phantom island Ogygia by the Fates. In the aftermath of the battle, the Titans were all chained up by the Elder Cyclopes, after which the Hekatonkheires forced them to kneel before the gods. Shortly thereafter, the gods invaded the ruins of Mount Orthys, and finally overwhelmed the remaining Titans. Though the Titans initially had the upper hand in the battles, since they were very skilled and much more experienced warriors, the gods quickly became skilled and experienced warriors as well, and with the help of their new extremely powerful weapons ( Zeus' Master Bolt, Poseidon's Trident, and Hades' Helm of Darkness) and the aid of the Elder Cyclopes the gods finally prevailed.ĭuring the final battle, Zeus and his siblings ascended to Mount Olympus (the tallest mountain in Greece after Mount Othrys), used his Master Bolt to shear off the top of Mount Othrys, and hurled Kronos from his black throne, defeating the Titan King. When the First Titan War began, Calypso was the only of her sisters to help her father, uncles, and cousins to fight against the gods. Though her parents never married, she developed a very close relationship with her father.

Calypso was born from Atlas and his grandmother Tethys.

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