calypso

     

Calypso may refer to:

Trivia about calypso

  • This form of folk music popularized by Belafonte originated in Trinidad
  • This Caribbean dance style shares its name with a nymph who kept Odysseus on her island for 7 years
  • "To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean, to ride on the crest of a wild raging storm"
  • Jacque's Cousteau's ship; John Denver sang about it
  • Sea nymph who detained Odysseus for 7 years
  • Atlas fathered this nymph who liked to entertain shipwrecked sailors like Odysseus
  • This demigoddess trapped Odysseus on Ogygia for 7 years--7 years of steel drums & "The Banana Boat Song", we guess...