Calȳpso

, one of the Oceanides, or one of the daughters of Atlas, according to some, was godde of silence, and reigned in the island of Ogygia, whose situation and even existence is doubted. When Uly es was shipwrecked on her coasts, she received him with great hospitality, and offered him immortality if he would remain with her as a husband. The hero refused, and after seven years’ delay, he was permitted to depart from the island by order of Mercury the me enger of Jupiter. During his stay, Uly es had two sons by Calypso, Nausithous, and Nausinous. Calypso was inconsolable at the departure of Uly es. Homer , Ody ey , bks. 7 & 5.— Hesiod , Theogony , li. 360 .— Ovid , ex Ponto , bk. 4 , ltr. 18 ; Amores , bk. 2 , poem 17.— Pro pert i us , bk. 1 , poem 15.