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Ogygia (; ''Ōgygíē'' (:ɔːɡyɡíɛː), or ''Ōgygia'' (:ɔːɡyɡía)), is an island mentioned in Homer's ''Odyssey'', Book V, as the home of the nymph Calypso, the daughter of the Titan Atlas, also known as ''Atlantis'' (''Ατλαντίς''〔"Atlantis" means the daughter of Atlas. See entry (Ατλαντίς ) in Liddell & Scott. See also Hesiod, ''Theogony'', (938. )〕) in ancient Greek. In Homer's ''Odyssey'' Calypso detained Odysseus on Ogygia for 7 years and kept him from returning to his home of Ithaca, wanting to marry him. Athena complained about Calypso's actions to Zeus, who sent the messenger Hermes to Ogygia to order Calypso to release Odysseus. Hermes is Odysseus's great grandfather on his mother's side, through Autolycos. Calypso finally, though reluctantly, instructed Odysseus to build a small raft, gave him food and wine, and let him depart the island. The ''Odyssey'' describes Ogygia as follows: ==Location== One possible location for Ogygia is in the Ionian Sea. Some have identified either Ogygia or Phaeacia with the putative sunken Atlantis. A long-standing tradition begun by Euhemerus in the late 4th century BC and supported by Callimachus,〔Strabo 7.3.6, referencing Callimachus' account in relation to Euhemerus. Also, Ernle Bradford (1963), ''Ulysses Found'.'〕 endorsed by modern Maltese tradition, identifies Ogygia with the island of Gozo, the second largest island in the Maltese archipelago. Aeschylus calls the Nile Ogygian, and Eustathius the Byzantine grammarian said that Ogygia was the earliest name for Egypt. Some scholars, having examined the work and the geography of Homer, have suggested that Ogygia and Scheria were in the Atlantic Ocean. Among them were Strabo and Plutarch. Many modern scholars are reluctant to place Ogygia or indeed any of the locations Homer describes in any existing geography, and the literary tale is acknowledged as a work of fictional mythical intent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ogygia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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