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∙ 7y agoCalypso keeps Odysseus on her island for many years because she is in love with him and wants him to stay with her forever. She tries to seduce him and offers him immortality but eventually he wants to return home to his wife Penelope in Ithaca.
Odysseus ends up at calypsos island where he is standed there for seven years. There he meets the immortal calypso and fatally falls for her just as she falls for him. She keeps him on her island by not giving him the tools he needs to make a raft.
Odysseus spent seven years on the island of Ogygia with the nymph Calypso.
Odysseus was trapped in the cave of the cyclops in the cyclops island. He was later trapped for 7 years on Calypso's island.
On circe's island, odysseus stayed for 1 year. On calyspo's island, he stayed for 7 years.
He was trapped on Calypso's Island, because the nymph wanted to make him her immortal husband. He was trapped for 7 years.
The nymph Calypso kept Odysseus trapped on her island Ogygia for seven years.
The sea nymph that kept Odysseus on her island for 7 years was Calypso. The name of the island was Ogygia. Titan Atlas was said to be the father of Calypso.
Odysseus stayed on Circe's island for one year, which he thought were a few days; Odysseus stayed on Calypso's Island for seven years. After staying with these goddesses he had two more years of trying to return home.
7 YEARS
For seven years!
Calypso is the beautiful Goddess-nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years. She lives on the island of Ogygia and appears in book 5 of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey. She does not wish to let Odysseus go, but is told she had to after the second assembly of the Gods at the beginning of book 5. Hermes (the messenger god) informs Calypso what she must do. She also advises Odysseus on crafting a raft so that he can be on his way.
The nymph Calypso kept Odysseus on her lush island of Ogygia for seven years.