Calypso (English spelling)

Japanese: カリュプソ（英語表記）Calypso

A nymph in Greek mythology. She lived in a cave on the island of Ogygia near the Strait of Gibraltar, where she lived a paradise life. When Odysseus was shipwrecked on his journey home from Troy, she held him back for 10 years, hoping to grant him immortality and make him her husband. However, Odysseus was determined to return home and would not accept her offer, so she finally followed the orders of Zeus, conveyed through Hermes, and sent him off from the island. Latinus, the eponym of the Latin people in the legend of the founding of Rome, is said to be her son born from Odysseus's seed.

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Japanese:

ギリシア神話のニンフ。ジブラルタル海峡に近いオギュギア島の洞窟に住んで，楽園の暮しをおくり，トロイから帰国の旅の途中で難破して漂着したオデュッセウスを 10年間引止めて，彼に不死を与え自分の夫にしようとした。しかしオデュッセウスの帰国の決意は固く，どうしても彼女の申し出を受けなかったので，ついにヘルメスを通じて伝えられたゼウスの命令に従い，彼を島から送り出した。ローマの建国伝説中のラテン人の名祖ラティヌスは，彼女がオデュッセウスの種によって生んだ子とされる。

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