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Calypso, 1869, Henri Lehmann, French, 1814 - 1882, 47 1/2 x 60 1/4 in. (120.7 x 153.0 cm), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, The story of the beautiful nymph Calypso is told in Homer's 'Odyssey', an ancient Greek epic. Calypso lived on the island of Ogygia, where the shipwrecked hero Ulysses (Odysseus) drifted ashore. Plying Ulysses with luxuries, love, and offers of immortality, Calypso kept him with her for seven years. Finally the gods intervened and let him sail for home. Here, Calypso mourns Ulysses' departure, on the same shore where the homesick hero himself used to stare despondently out to sea.

Calypso, 1869, Henri Lehmann, French, 1814 - 1882, 47 1/2 x 60 1/4 in. (120.7 x 153.0 cm), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, The story of the beautiful nymph Calypso is told in Homer's 'Odyssey', an ancient Greek epic. Calypso lived on the island of Ogygia, where the shipwrecked hero Ulysses (Odysseus) drifted ashore. Plying Ulysses with luxuries, love, and offers of immortality, Calypso kept him with her for seven years. Finally the gods intervened and let him sail for home. Here, Calypso mourns Ulysses' departure, on the same shore where the homesick hero himself used to stare despondently out to sea.
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Caption: Calypso, 1869, Henri Lehmann, French, 1814 - 1882, 47 1/2 x 60 1/4 in. (120.7 x 153.0 cm), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, The story of the beautiful nymph Calypso is told in Homer's 'Odyssey', an ancient Greek epic. Calypso lived on the island of Ogygia, where the shipwrecked hero Ulysses (Odysseus) drifted ashore. Plying Ulysses with luxuries, love, and offers of immortality, Calypso kept him with her for seven years. Finally the gods intervened and let him sail for home. Here, Calypso mourns Ulysses' departure, on the same shore where the homesick hero himself used to stare despondently out to sea.
Personalities: HENRI LEHMANN
Credit: Album / quintlox
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Image size: 6208 × 4889 px | 86.8 MB
Print size: 52.6 × 41.4 cm | 2444.1 × 1924.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1814-1882 • 1869 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ANCIENT GREEK EPIC • BANK (RIVER) • BEAUTIFUL NYMPH CALYPSO • CALYPSO KEPT • CALYPSO LIVED • CALYPSO MOURNS ULYSSES' DEPARTURE • CALYPSO • CANVAS • DRIFTED ASHORE • DWELLING • FINALLY • FLEET • FRANCE • FRANCE. • FRENCH • GODS INTERVENED • HENRI LEHMANN • HOME • HOMER'S ODYSSEY • HOMESICK HERO • HOUSE • IMMORTALITY • ISLA • ISLAND • ISLANDS • LA FRANCE • LET • LOVE • LUXURIES • MARINE • NAVY • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OCEAN • OCEANS • ODYSSEUS • OFFERS • OGYGIA • OIL • PLYING ULYSSES • RAISED BANK • RIVER BANK • SAIL • SEA • SEA. • SEAS • SEVEN YEARS • SHIPWRECKED HERO ULYSSES • SHORE • SHORT STORY • STARE DESPONDENTLY OUT • STORY • TOLD • XIX CENTURY