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harryskeeler.bsky.social
[The nymph Calypso was the last survivor and last Queen of Atlantis, a small city-state on the island of Ogygia/Gozo. She is the daughter of Atlas, who turns out to be an Atlantean king. The size and antiquity of Atlantis were greatly exaggerated by Egyptian priests, who just want to impress you.]
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
hairpingirl.bsky.social
a quick recap from wiki: calypso, daughter of titan atlas is exiled to an island. she tries to keep odysseus on her island to make him her immortal husband, while he also gets to enjoy her sensual pleasures forever. she even enchants him with her singing.
from Calypso's Wikipedia: The Odyssey In Homer's Odyssey, Calypso tries to keep the fabled Greek hero Odysseus on her island to make him her immortal husband, while he also gets to enjoy her sensual pleasures forever. According to Homer, Calypso kept Odysseus prisoner by force at Ogygia for seven years.[16] Calypso enchants Odysseus with her singing as she moves to and from, weaving on her loom with a golden shuttle. Odysseus comes to wish for circumstances to change. He can no longer bear being separated from his wife, Penelope, and wants to tell Calypso. He spends the daytime sitting on a headland or at the sea-shore crying, while at night he is forced to sleep with her in the cave against his will.[17] His patron goddess Athena asks Zeus to order the release of Odysseus from the island; Zeus orders the messenger Hermes to tell Calypso to set Odysseus free, for it was not Odysseus's destiny to live with her forever. She angrily comments on how the gods hate goddesses having affairs with mortals. Calypso provides Odysseus with an axe, drill, and adze to build a boat. Calypso leads Odysseus to an island where he can chop down trees and make planks for his boat. Calypso also provides him with wine, bread, clothing, and more materials for his boat. The goddess then sets wind at his back when he sets sail. After seven years, Odysseus has built his boat and leaves Calypso. Other narratives Homer does not mention any children by Calypso. By some accounts that came after the Odyssey, Calypso bore Odysseus a son, Latinus,[18] though Circe is usually given as Latinus' mother.[19] In other accounts, Calypso bore Odysseus two children, Nausithous and Nausinous.[20] Truncated for length from Calypso's Wikipedia: In literature In her poem Calypso Watching the Ocean, Letitia Landon describes her as eternally yearning for Odysseus' return and comments on the folly of such obsession.[24] Philosophy Philosophers have written about the meaning of Calypso in the world of ancient Greece. Ryan Patrick Hanley commented on the interpretation of Calypso in Les Aventures de Télémaque written by Fénelon. Hanley says that the story of Calypso illustrates the link between Eros and pride.[25] Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer brought attention to the combination of power over fate and the sensibility of "bourgeois housewives" in the depiction of Calypso.[26] from Calypso's Wikipedia - Calypso in Art - 15 works of art depicting calypso
December 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
hairpingirl.bsky.social
apologies if this has already been discussed but i've been thinking about the island imagery from rep + wildest dreams reference, i've also been thinking about the 7 years in heaven symbolism and connection to odyssey. calypso immediately comes to mind. her name literally means 'to conceal'
wikipedia page of calypso from greek mythology. Text reads: In Greek mythology, Calypso (/kəˈlɪpsoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ, romanized: Kalypsṓ, lit. 'she who conceals')[1] was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where, according to Homer's Odyssey, she detained Odysseus for seven years against his will. She promised Odysseus immortality if he would stay with her, but Odysseus preferred to return home. Eventually, after the intervention of the other gods, Calypso was forced to let Odysseus go. Etymology The name Calypso derives from the Ancient Greek καλύπτω (kalyptō),[2][3] meaning 'to cover', 'to conceal', or 'to hide';[3][4] as such, her name translates to 'she who conceals' as she conceals Odysseus from the rest of the world, keeping him on her island.[5] According to the medieval dictionary Etymologicum Magnum, her name means 'concealing the knowledge' (from Greek: καλύπτουσα το διανοούμενον, romanized: kalýptousa to dianooúmenon), which – combined with the Homeric epithet δολόεσσα (dolóessa, meaning 'subtle' or 'wily') – justifies the reclusive character of Calypso and her island.[6] Abode Ogygia Genealogy Parents Atlas Consort Odysseus, Hermes Children Latinus, Nausithous, Nausinous, the Cephalonians A picture by Jan Stykan, with the caption & title "Calypso, blonde-haired goddess by Jan Styka (20th century)" a woman (calypso) with her clothes around her sitting by a shore rock, gazing out at the black sea. Painting name: calypso's isle - draper
December 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
sweordbora.hausen.com
A therapist on Ogygia successfully treats a war veteran suffering from PTSD so he can finally reunite with his family.
December 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
skykiuwu.bsky.social
Days on Ogygia

#greekmythology #havocfthefallen #Odysseus #odyssey
Odysseus sitting on the shores of Ogygia leaned against a boulder he presumably hit til his hands started to bleed as both his knuckles and the rock are bloody. A bloody target hovers above him, representing loss of innocence or in this case sexual abuse.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
butchwerewife.bsky.social
Coming for Odysseus in Ogygia in the Odyssey*
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
aizsin18.bsky.social
彼女のために時計を回すことの、◾︎◾︎◾︎ときたら。

『Ogygia』
ダンテ×ウーティス
シリアス・ループもの小説

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11/16のOUR SINS RESONANCEにて間に合えばダンウー小説本が出ます！
書影は全然変わる
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
gustyphon.bsky.social
28 — Preswa Senhora das Feras (potnia thēron). Na forma da Britomartis Cretense, quem sobrevive o mar. Carrega a tiara Lunar que permite atravessar qualquer distância pela água. É ela quem está por trás do disfarce de Despoina e Cora.
#BRart #OC #inktober #mythtober
Drawn portrait of a young woman with mildly tanned skin, glowing purple eyes. She has dark hair and a headdress consisting of two horns by the side and a diadem with lunar motifs. She has a necklace and a purple dress which let her shoulders uncovered. She has a beauty mark below her left eye. Same picture as the previous but with written information: Britomartis Preswa Lady of the Beasts, and dates circa four thousand years before the common era to the year 2023 of the common era. It also says she's last seen in the island of Ogygia.
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
gustyphon.bsky.social
26 — Cora Perséfona
Quem manteve jardins sub-aquáticos por tanto tempo, mas em exílio de 3000 anos, assistiu eventos anóxicos destruirem até a balança da criação. Agora voltou de Ogygia. Foi pela ausência de Deméter? Pelo tremor em Aiaia? Ou para resgatar Tífon?
#BRart #OC #inktober #mythtober
Drawn portrait of a woman inspired in sea life. She has skin in tones of blue, and the inner part of her hair resembles the inside of squid tentacles, with suction poles. That part is coral coloured, as are some cuts in her face and some joint between her chest to her arm. Her lips are pink and her eyes are bright desaturated red. Her hair is dark blue and look somewhat solid. By about her chest the blue turns to gray, and she has crusted jewels atop her head, shoulders and behind her head. Same picture as the previous one but with written information
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
gustyphon.bsky.social
Em comum a etimologia de Calipso ("coberta") é a descrição do véu de Šiduri, ambas vivem num lugar costeiro e além mundo, a diferença é que Calipso quer manter o Odisseu em Ogygia, e Šiduri, quer convencer Gilgamesh a voltar pra terra dos vivos. Também, numa versão (Babilônica Antiga, não Standard).
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
hugmutt.bsky.social
not even godly graces could sustain odysseus beyond his mortal years, after all...

no matter how much she wishes otherwise.

tags: #greek #greekmythology #hellenism #calypso #odysseus #theodyssey #ithaca #ogygia #poem #poetry #yearning #heartbroken #heartbreak #pining lowkey #epic #epicthemusical
October 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
bear-dee-arr.bsky.social
Everything was done with the support of the Ogygia majority. Claims that he lacked due process are unfounded.

Indeed he was heard by the court nightly.
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
hugmutt.bsky.social
in which calypso keeps finding messages in bottles washing up on her shore. she hopes they're from odysseus. are they?
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tags: #greekmythology #greek #poem #poetry #hellenism #calypso #odysseus #ogygia #promosky again #epic #epicthemusical if you squint
October 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
butchwerewife.bsky.social
He definitely wakes up some nights scared that he's still stuck in Ogygia. But maybe he can be lulled back to sleep by his wife's snoring, just knowing she's there makes him feel so much safer ❤️
September 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
careyontravels.bsky.social
A7: There are a number of legends around Mljet National Park in Croatia. One is that the island was Homer's mythical land of Ogygia, home of the nymph Calypso. We've visited a few times now--just beautiful!
#Parkchat
September 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
miapaintings.bsky.social
Calypso https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3724/
Mythology, The Odyssey, Calypso mourning over Odysseus on isle of Ogygia The story of the beautiful nymph Calypso is told in Homer's "Odyssey", an ancient Greek epic. Calypso lived on the island of Ogygia, where the shipwrecked hero Ulysses (Odysseus) drifted ashore. Plying Ulysses with luxuries, love, and offers of immortality, Calypso kept him with her for seven years. Finally the gods intervened and let him sail for home. Here, Calypso mourns Ulysses' departure, on the same shore where the homesick hero himself used to stare despondently out to sea. The painting is still in its original frame. The Latin inscription is from a Roman poet's retelling of Homer's famous poem: "When Ulysses sailed,/ By the lone wave Calypso wailed./ Day after day unkempt sat she / And communed with the cruel sea."
September 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
ibloud.xyz
Calypso refers to a Greek mythological figure, a style of Caribbean #music, and a structure prediction method in materials science. Calypso the myth held Odysseus captive on her island, Ogygia. The genre originated in Trinidad and Tobago is known for its lively rhythms and social commentary.
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August 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
hppanathenaea.bsky.social
✨Reveal 13 ✨
Ogygia

A dream of sandy shores in times of darkness! #hppanathenaea
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August 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
bwafterdark.bsky.social
The way I am absolutely obsessed with Odysseus’s time trapped on ogygia. To have him so fully stripped down in terms of his identity and his life being controlled by a goddess. Even something as basic as his appearance can be taken away from this all powerful being
August 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
yutytyrant.bsky.social
🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Promegantereon ogygia

From Miocene Europe, "before giant beast" is one of the oldest known true sabre-toothed cats and the ancestor of Megantereon and Smilodon. Around leopard sized, it was an agile climber that used its saber canines to hunt large prey

Art by Mauricio Anton
August 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
sesquiotic.bsky.social
The island of Calypso was named Ogygia, as opposed to the island of calypso music, Trinidad (or the island I was on for calypso, Ward’s Island, which is not actually its own island but part of Toronto Island). 11/20
August 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
salahsertac.bsky.social
In Greek mythology, Calypso was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where, according to Homer's Odyssey, she detained Odysseus for seven years against his will. She promised Odysseus immortality if he would stay with her, but Odysseus preferred to return home. +++
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
bwafterdark.bsky.social
Ogygia: extreme nightmare edition
July 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM