New Song Posted - Calypso
Here's some background ;)
Calypso was a nymph that lived alone on an island which is now supposed to be Malta. As Odysseus was returning from the War of Troy he rested with his companions on the Island of the Sun God. He was previously told by Tiresias in the Underworld not to kill or eat any of the Sun God's cattle. This Odysseus did and he told his men to do the same. After a while, with no favourable wind and rations running low he and the men began to starve, and thinking Odysseus was keeping the cattle for himself, the men were driven to killing and eating the livestock. When Odysseus found out it was too late for him to stop them and all they could do was wait to leave the island, praying for safety and mercy from the gods.
It was not long before a favourable wind came and they sailed away from the island, only for their ship to be destroyed by a storm and all the crew, except Odysseus, killed by the sea. Exhausted, near death and alone, Odysseus was washed up on the shore of Calypso's island.
There he stayed for 7 years, spending his days thinking of his wife Penelope and his longing to go home and his nights in the arms of Calypso. When the messenger god Hermes delivered the message that Odysseus must now leave and go back to his home, Calypso offered him everything she could: immortality, love and herself. But driven by his love for Penelope he left and Calypso remained on the island, alone.
