The 1918 caption reads: Hermes visits Calypso in her cave and says that Zeus wants her to let Odysseus go. In Greek mythology, Calypso is the daughter of the Titan Atlas (also known as Oceanus and Nereus). She is a nymph of the mythical island of Ogygia. In Homer's Odyssey, Book V (also Books I and VII), she entertained the Greek heroOdysseusfor seven years, but she could not overcome his longing for home even by promising him immortality. Here, the god Hermes delivers to Calypso the message from Zeus that she needs to let Odysseus return to Ithaca. She obeys.
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