Did Calypso and Odysseus have a child?

According to Hesiod's Theogony, she bore Odysseus twin sons, Nausithous and Nausinous.
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Does Odysseus have a child with Calypso?

By some accounts that came after the Odyssey, Calypso bore Odysseus a son, Latinus, though Circe is usually given as Latinus' mother. In other accounts, Calypso bore Odysseus two children, Nausithous and Nausinous.
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Does Odysseus have a child?

Odysseus and his oldest son, Telemachus, defended their city and, in the ensuing melée, Telegonus accidentally killed his father with a lance tipped with the venomous spine of a stingray. Telemachus married Telegonus' mother, the enchantress Circe, while Telegonus took to wife Odysseus' widow Penelope.
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Who is the son of Odysseus and Calypso?

Mythology. While stranded on Ogygia, Odysseus was forced to become the lover of Calypso. According to Hesiod, this union resulted in two sons, named Nausinous and Nausithous.
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How many kids did Calypso have?

Children of Calypso

Hesiod (Theogony) would state that Calypso bore two sons, Nausithous and Nausinous, whilst other ancient sources also name Latinus and Telegonus as sons of Calypso, although these are more commonly named as sons of Circe.
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Homer's Odyssey Calypso and Nausicaa



Who did Calypso marry?

According to Homer's epic, the Odyssey, when Odysseus landed on Ogygia, Calypso fell in love with him and decided to keep him as her immortal husband.
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Who was Calypso's lover?

Calypso was so much in love with him that despite his refusal of her offers, she kept hoping and seducing Odysseus. Eventually, she made him her lover. They lived together for seven years in her breath-taking cave-home, and according to Hesiod, Calypso even gave birth to two kids: Nausithous and Nausinous.
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Who does Odysseus father a child with?

Odysseus is married to Penelope, the daughter of Icarius of Sparta. Together they had one son, Telemachus.
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Is Calypso the daughter of Poseidon?

KALYPSO (Calypso) was the goddess-nymph of the mythical island of Ogygia and a daughter of the Titan Atlas. She detained the hero Odysseus for many years in the course of his wanderings after the fall of Troy but was eventually commanded by Zeus to release him.
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Are Calypso and Circe the same?

The two goddesses with whom Odysseus has extended affairs are similar in that Circe is a devastatingly beautiful goddess-enchantress and Calypso is a devastatingly beautiful goddess-nymph; but they contrast in their motives toward and treatment of Odysseus.
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Who is Odysseus daughter?

The Iliad, The Odyssey, and other Greek myths inform and enrich Corona's (The Four Seasons) fanciful first-millennium tapestry of Xanthe, the daughter of Odysseus, king of the Cephallenians, born on the island of Ithaca to Penelope after Odysseus embarked on his mystical journey.
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Who is the only son of Odysseus and Penelope?

Telemachus, in Greek mythology, son of the Greek hero Odysseus and his wife, Penelope. When Telemachus reached manhood, he visited Pylos and Sparta in search of his wandering father. On his return, he found that Odysseus had reached home before him. Then father and son slew the suitors who had gathered around Penelope.
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Did Circe and Odysseus have a child?

Telegonus, in Greek mythology, especially the Telagonia of Eugammon of Cyrene, the son of the hero Odysseus by the sorceress Circe. Telegonus went to Ithaca in search of his father, whom he killed unwittingly.
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Who are Calypso's children?

According to Hesiod's Theogony, she bore Odysseus twin sons, Nausithous and Nausinous.
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When did Calypso curse Annabeth?

Calypso is first mentioned when Percy Jackson is forced to fight a number of Arai in Tartarus. The arai make curses real when they are destroyed, revealing that Calypso had cursed Annabeth for being Percy's love interest at the time. When Annabeth Chase destroyed one of the arai, she began to wonder why Percy left her.
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What happened to Calypso after Odysseus left?

However, since Calypso is part of the Greek god family, she is constantly under Zeus's scrutiny. Calypso forces Odysseus to stay on the island of Ogygia for seven years as her prisoner/husband. Eventually, she is forced to release him. Before he leaves, she gives Odysseus new boats, food, and water.
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Why does Calypso turn into crabs?

In the days of myth and legend, the beautiful Calypso ruled the seas, and all sailors both loved and feared her, even though she too had mortal blood. As a heathen goddess, Calypso was able to take many forms, but since the crab was attributed as her symbol, she chose the form of a crab.
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Who is Odysseus wife?

Penelope, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Icarius of Sparta and the nymph Periboea and wife of the hero Odysseus.
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What powers would a child of Calypso have?

Children of Calypso have Telekinesis. Children of Calypso have Prophecy, through magic. Children of Calypso have Territorial Jurisdiction.
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Who did Penelope marry after Odysseus?

Her children were Telemachos and Acusilaus. After Odysseus' death at the hands of his son Telegonus (by the sorceress Circe), Penelope married Telegonus. They are said to have had a son called Italos. Telemachos: son of Odysseus and Penelope; helped his father to destroy the suitors.
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Did Penelope become immortal?

They also affirm that after Odysseus' death, Penelope was made immortal by Circe and sent to the Islands of the Blest together with Telegonus 3.
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Does Circe marry Telemachus?

Circe married Telemachus, and Telegonus married Penelope by the advice of Athena. According to an alternative version depicted in Lycophron's 3rd-century BC poem Alexandra (and John Tzetzes' scholia on it), Circe used magical herbs to bring Odysseus back to life after he had been killed by Telegonus.
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Does Tia Dalma know she is Calypso?

Tia Dalma tells the group the story of Davy Jones and Calypso, but does not reveal her identity. While caressing her locket, she reminisces that Jones was once human. Later, it is revealed that Tia Dalma is Calypso, bound into human form.
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Who does Odysseus fall in love with?

Calypso. The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island-home of Ogygia. Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenger god, persuades her to let him go.
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How old was Calypso in the Odyssey?

Calypso's age | Fandom. If Calypso is 16? Wouldn't that make Odysseus a pedophile? I thought Calypso seemed old enough in Odysseus story, so why is she 16 now?
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