Calypso Explained

Calypso, Calipso, Kalypso, Kalipso, may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Mythological and fictional entities

• Calypso (mythology), a nymph who imprisoned Odysseus for seven years
• Calypso (nymphs), various other nymphs
• Calypso (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Calypso, a character in mythology novels by Rick Riordan
• Calypso, or Tia Dalma, a Pirates of the Caribbean movie character
• Calypso (dog), a dog from the animated TV show Bluey
• Calypso, a character from the Twisted Metal video game series
• Planet Calypso, a location in Entropia Universe
• UNS Calypso, a starship in Alien Legacy

Literature

• "Calypso", an episode in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
• Calypso (book), a 2018 essay collection by David Sedaris

Music

• Calypso music, a genre of Trinidadian folk music
• Calypso (album), by Harry Belafonte
• "Calypso" (John Denver song), 1975
• "Calypso" (Luis Fonsi and Stefflon Don song), 2018
• "Calypso" (Spiderbait song), 1997
• "Calypso", a song by France Gall from the 1984 album Débranche!
• "Calypso", a song by Jean-Michel Jarre from Waiting for Cousteau
• "Calypso", a song by Suzanne Vega from the 1987 album Solitude Standing
• "Calypso", a song by Bryson Tiller from the 2024 album Bryson Tiller
• "Calipso" (song), by Charlie Charles and Dardust, 2019

Television

• Calypso (TV series), a Venezuelan telenovela
• "Calypso", an episode of
• "Calypso", an episode of Bluey
• Calipso TV, Venezuela TV channel

People

• Calypso (painter), 3rd century BC Greek painter
• Calypso Rose (born 1940), Trinidadan musician
• Kalypso Nicolaïdis (born 1962), a Franco-Grecian academic
• Kalipso Chalkidou (born 1976), a Greek physician
• Juno Calypso (born 1989), UK photographer
• Charlotte Di Calypso (born 1990), French fashion model

Places

• Calypso Cliffs, Bowman Inlet, Antarctica
• Calypso Deep, the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea
• Calypso, North Carolina, a town in the United States
• Calypso Park, Limoges, Ontario, Canada; a Canadian theme waterpark
• Calypso (moon), a moon of Saturn

Science and technology

• Calypso (electronic ticketing system)
• Calypso (email client), later called Courier
• Kalypso (software), an open source modelling program
• HP Calypso, a PDA from Hewlett-Packard
• Calypso (plant), an orchid genus containing a single species Calypso bulbosa
• Calypso bean, a bean cultivar of the species Phaseolus vulgaris

Transportation

• Boeing Starliner Calypso, a space capsule
• Ultracraft Calypso, a Belgian light aircraft design
• Calypso (ship), the name of several ships
• M/S Kalypso, a cruiseferry
• Greek ship Kalypso (M64), a Greek minehunter
• Italian torpedo boat Calipso

Other uses

• CALIPSO, a satellite
• Calypso (camera), an underwater camera
• Calypso (typeface)
• Calypso Technology, later Adenza
• Kalypso Media, a video game developer

See also

• • • • • • • • • List of calypso musicians
• Calypso's Cave, a cave in Gozo, Malta
• Chalypso, a dance
• 53 Kalypso, an asteroid
• Calypso Rupes, a ridgeline on Mercury