Ogygia

Ireland was rightly called Ogygia, or the Ancient Island, because in comparison, the antiquity of all other nations is in its infancy.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Eversus "; O'Flaherty, author of the" Ogygia "; Dr. Kirwan, Bishop of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

At first I thought this was some sort of silly spelling of Ogygia ;

languagehat.com: OUGUIYA AND ARIARY. 2005

It would take too long to tell of the great storm that destroyed the ships and drowned the men, leaving Ulysses to make a raft on which he drifted about for nine days, blown back to Scylla and Charybdis and from thence to the island of Ogygia, "in the centre of the sea."

A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

O'Flaherty's _Ogygia_, Magnusen and Rafn _On the Historical Monuments of

Notes and Queries, Number 02, November 10, 1849 Various

All the crew were drowned except Odysseus, who, clinging to a mast, floated about in the open sea for nine days, when, after once more {317} escaping being sucked in by the whirlpool of Charybdis, he was cast ashore on the island of Ogygia.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

-- Ogygia was an island covered with dense forests, where, in the midst of a grove of cypress and poplar, stood the charming grotto-palace of the nymph Calypso, daughter of the Titan Atlas.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

And on that day, too, Hermes, by the will of Zeus, went to Ogygia -- to that Island where, as the Ancient One of the Sea had shown Menelaus, Odysseus was held by the nymph Calypso.

The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926

He took his place on the raft and set his sail to the breeze and he sailed away from Ogygia, the island where Calypso had held him for so long.

The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926

He took his place on the raft and set his sail to the breeze and he sailed away from Ogygia, the island where Calypso had held him for so long.

Part II. Chapter I 1918