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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Calypso

in Fénelon's Télémaque, is meant to represent Madame de Montespan. In fairy mythology, she was queen of the island Ogygia on which Ulysses was wrecked, and where he was detained for seven years.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Calypso's Isle
Calydon
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