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In Greek mythology, Calypso was either a goddess or an ocean nymph,minor goddess of nature, usually represented as young and beautiful who inhabited a mythical island called Ogygia. Calypso appeared in the Odyssey, the Greek epiclong poem about legendary or historical heroes, written in a grand style that describes the wanderings of OdysseusGreek hero who journeyed for ten years to return home after the Trojan War on his way home from the Trojan Warlegendary war between the Greeks and the people of Troy that was set off by the kidnapping of Helen, wife of the king of Sparta; inspiration for Homer's epics the Iliad and the Odyssey. Although accounts vary, Calypso was apparently the...