| “ | They send a person who can never stay. Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a little while. They send me a hero I can't help ... just the sort of person I can't help falling in love with. | ” |
–Calypso talking to Percy about the Fates in The Battle of the Labyrinth | ||
Calypso (also known as Atlantis in Greek Mythology, Ατλαντίδα in Ancient Greek) is a character who appears for a brief time in The Battle of the Labyrinth. She is described as being kind, down to earth, and even more beautiful than Aphrodite, to Percy.
Although she only made one brief appearance in the series, she was a very important part of Percy's choices he made after he met her, since she was the one who reminded him that he doesn't support the gods because they are good (since most of them aren't good); he supports them because they are all part of his family, much like how she supported her father, Atlas, and the Titans even though they were mostly evil.
The Greek mythological Calypso is described as a lovely seductress. She is the daughter of Atlas, Titan of the West and Lord of Endurance and Tethys, a Titaness and sea goddess. She is described as being a nymph, and also the goddess of the flowing locks.(more...)