English I Honors began looking at the question of how various artists using various media over various centuries have re-imagined Calypso.

Westall, Richard, Telemachus Landing on the Isle of Calypso, Glasgow Museums

We looked at the etymology of Calypso’s name:

The etymology of Calypso’s name is from kalypto, meaning “to cover”, “to conceal”, “to hide”, or “to deceive”. According to Etymologicum Magnum her name means kalýptousa to dianooúmenon, i.e. “concealing the knowledge”, which combined with the Homeric epithet dolóessa, meaning subtle or wily, justifies the hermetic character of Calypso and her island. Kalypto is derived from Proto-Indo-European *kel-, making it cognate with the English word ‘hell.’

Then we took a look at two paintings depicting Calypso.

Samuel Palmer, Calypso’s Island, Departure of Ulysses, or Farewell to Calypso, 1848-1849

English 8 students examined a new poem, this time on their own, as we wind down our work on figurative language.

Homework

• English 8 Studies: none.
• English I Honors: 
  • re-read the “Calypso” reading you read for homework over the weekend;
  • complete the “think” part of the Think/Pair/Share we are doing for the second image from today (Samuel Palmer, Calypso’s Island, Departure of Ulysses, or Farewell to Calypso, 1848-1849 above)