Calypso

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If you hate me, then I am sorry my love's too much for you!

-Calypso ("Not Sorry For Loving You")

Calypso is a minor goddess. She inhabits the island of Ogygia in solitude, though she temporarily kept Odysseus there for 7 years.

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Calypso is represented musically by calypso music, a style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago. This is most likely a reference to her name, as well as the fact that she lives on an island.
In Greek mythology, Calypso is the daughter of Atlas, one of the Titans who fought against the Olympian gods and was punished to hold up the sky.
- This might explain why she was isolated in Ogygia in the musical, maybe as a sort of punishment for her relation to the Titans.
Contrasting the musical,^[1] in the classic myths, it is bluntly stated that Odysseus slept with Calypso throughout the years; however, it was against his own will.
In Hesiod’s Theogeny, Calypso had two sons, Nausinous and Nausithous. They were born from her forcing Odysseus to sleep with her in her cave.
In the myths, Hermes is indeed the messenger Zeus sends to speak with Calypso. He informs her of Zeus' 'firm decree' that Odysseus was to leave with no aid from the gods, which included Calypso. She had stated that she would counsel him on how to best reach his homeland unscathed, since she couldn't help directly when it came to a raft or a crew without incurring Zeus' rage.