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ID: 901000733
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000733
Record Type: Character/Person

Calypso (Greek character)

Note: In Greek mythology, the daughter of the Titan Atlas (or Oceanus or Nereus), a nymph of the mythical island of Ogygia. In Homer’s Odyssey, Book V (also Books I and VII), she entertained the Greek hero Odysseus for seven years, but she could not overcome his longing for home even by promising him immortality.

Names:
Calypso (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Καλυψώ (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Calypso (Greek character) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Eucharis
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary characters, Eucharis (literary character, F$00enelon, 1699)) [901000516]
child of .... Atlas
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Atlas (Greek character)) [901001325]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... nymph
.....(spirits (beings), people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Calypso (Greek character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 88002549
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 95A(Telemachus)31 Telemachus and Calypso
Καλυψώ (Greek character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_(mythology)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Calypso," accessed 13 June 2017
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 88002549

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