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Calypso

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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In the Greek mythology a nymph, daughter of Atlas, queen of the island of Ogygia, who by her fascinating charms detained Ulysses beside her for 7 of the 10 years of his wanderings home from Troy; she died of grief on his departure.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Calypso'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/calypso.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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