Illustration: Odysseus and Kalypso in the caves of Ogygia. Painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 - 1625)
"[Kalypso] led the way rapidly before him, and Odysseus followed in her steps; so the pair, goddess and man, went on and on till they came to Kalypso's cave, where Odysseus took the seat that Mercury had just left. Kalypso set meat and drink before him of the food that mortals eat; but her maids brought ambrosia and nectar for herself, and they laid their hands on the good things that were before them."
Illustration: Odysseus and Kalypso in the caves of Ogygia. Painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 - 1625)