Calypso sandals from Burnstein Azalee Fashion
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* leather , wood & metal
* genuine design
* skin-matching HUD with settings for many popular skins
* nail polish in 21 modern colors
* menu driven control of shine, glow, brightness, transparency, nail polish and buckle texture
Perms: copy
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Size settings:
All of pieces from Burnstein Azalee Fashion comes with a resizing option.
After you wear sandals, touch the object. After touching a prim it offers you options to resize all prims of the sandals 1, 5 or 10 percent smaller or bigger. Also, by same menu you can change shine, glow, brightness, transparency, nail polish and buckle texture.
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KALYPSO (or Calypso) was the goddess νύμφη of the mythical island of Ogygia, a daughter of the Titan Atlas. She detained the hero Odysseus for many years during his wanderings after the fall of Troy.
Calypso was a νύμφη inhabiting the island of Ogygia, on the coast of which Odysseus was thrown when he was shipwrecked. After the last of Odysseus' men had perished at sea, Odysseus himself was washed ashore on Ogygia, where Calypso became enamored of him, taking him as her lover and promising him immortality if he would stay with her. Odysseus refused her offer, wishing to return home to Ithaca and to his wife, Penelope. But Calypso refused to let him leave, and held him prisoner for seven years. Finally Athena complained of Odysseus' plight to Zeus, and Zeus sent Hermes to Ogygia to order Calypso to set Odysseus free. Calypso complied reluctantly, allowing Odysseus to construct a small boat and set sail from the island.
Odysseus was utterly without hope when Kalypso found him but his rugged good looks and noble character soon affected the lonely goddess and she fell in love. Odysseus stayed with Kalypso for seven years but they were long, sad years for Odysseus. He resigned himself to the fact that there was no escape from the island but he still constantly longed for his wife and son. Kalypso offered Odysseus immortality and eternal youth but he refused to accept her offers.
During their time together, Kalypso and Odysseus had two sons: Nausithoos (Nausithous) and Nausinoos (Nausinous). Perhaps they had a third son named Telegonos (Telegonus) but he might have been the son of the Dread-Goddess Kirke (Circe) and not Kalypso.
Just as Poseidon was determined to punish Odysseus, the goddess Athene (Athena) was always looking for ways to help Odysseus. When she reminded Zeus that Odysseus had been on Ogygia for seven years, Zeus sent Hermes with a message for Kalypso ... she was to allow Odysseus to leave ... furthermore, she was to give him the assistance he needed to build a seaworthy craft.
Hermes arrived on Kalypso's island and was given a warm welcome ... he and Kalypso drank nectar and ate ambrosia. Finally he told her of his mission and gave her Zeus' command. At first Kalypso was indignant ... she reminded Hermes of the many gods and goddesses who had taken mortal lovers and wondered why she could not keep Odysseus. Hermes told her that Zeus was adamant ... she must help Odysseus leave Ogygia and she was not permitted to use her charms to detain him.
Kalypso accepted her fate and agreed to let Odysseus leave unhindered. By that time, Odysseus was a cautious man. He had endured much trickery at the hands of the Immortals and did not believe Kalypso would actually help him. To insure her sincerity, Odysseus made Kalypso swear a great oath on the waters of Styx that she meant what she said and that she was not trying to deceive him. Kalypso swore the oath and gave Odysseus the tools he needed to build a seaworthy raft. When it came time for him to leave, Kalypso in her loving nature, gave Odysseus provisions and sent him on his way with a fair wind to speed him home.
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