18.Calypso& Odysseus, Oil on Canvas, 137X100cm, Price: $7,750
On his way home from the Trojan war, Odysseus is stranded on the Island of Ogygia, the home of beautiful Calypso, daughter of the Titan, Atlas. Calypso falls in love with Odysseus and detains him for 7 years in an attempt to make him fall in love with her. Odysseus however, notwithstanding Calypso’s promises to make him immortal, yearns to return to his wife Penelope back in Ithaca. Calypso eventually relents and lets him go.
