1-156-074 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Ulysses on Ogygia, 1864. Ulysses or Odysseus, mythical king of Ithaca, hero of Homer's Odyssey, was shipwrecked on the island of Ogygia. The sea nymph Calypso fell in love with him and kept him prisoner for seven years. Illustration by Joseph Noel Paton (1821-1901) for his own poem. From The Cornhill Magazine. (London, 1864)