Calypso The Beautiful Sea

Nymph

Rachel Adams

Daughter Of

Atlas & Tethys

Lived On

Ogygia Island

How Is She Important?Seduces Odysseus

Keeps Odysseus captive for seven straight years

Promises him Immortality/Eternal Youth if he stays with her

What’s Her Symbolic Meaning?

Compared to Penelope A lot

Became a Diversion/ Distraction

Symbolizes forces that diverse men from their goals