Methuselah

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Methuselah
In earliest Bible history, people lived to
be extremely old. One of which was Methuselah,
the oldest man in the Bible. And Methuselah
lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and
begat Lamech. And Methuselah lived after he begat
Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and
begat sons and daughters And all the days of
Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine
years and he died. (Genesis 5 25-27)
References in English to Methuselahs longevity
first appeared in the fourteenth century, while
the saying as old as Methuselah dates to Thomas
Sheltons 1620 translation of Cervantess Don
Quixote.
What is the phrase old as Methulesah alluding
to?
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CALYPSO
Calypso was a nymph, the daughter of the Titan
Atlas. She lived on the island of Ogygia. 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.
What would calling a woman calypso be alluding to?