... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (I) > adventures of the Greeks after the fall of Troy: the wanderings of Ulysses (Homer, Odyssey) > Ulysses' wanderings: from Calypso to the Phaeacians > Ulysses is kindly received by the nymph Calypso on the island of Ogygia (Homer, Odyssey XII) > Mercury orders Calypso to release Ulysses (Homer, Odyssey V) > Ulysses longs for home