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How long does Calypso keep Odysseus on Ogygia?

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Sixteenth-century engraving by Hieronymus Wierix depicting Homer, shown as an older man with a beard and laurel wreath, wearing a draped garment.
Odyssey: A Reader’s Guide to Homer’s Epic Engraving of Homer by Hieronymus Wierix, 16th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

In Homer’s epic, the Odyssey, the nymph Calypso keeps Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years.12