Hyperion

deity sky Roman single tradition · 9

Hyperion is named as the father of Aurora by the poet Ovid.

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When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Referenced in Roman mythology.

Relationships

consort of
Euryphaessa, Theia, Basileia
parent of
Aurora, Helios, Eos, Selene
allied with
Theia, Crius
aspect of
Titans
serves
Gaea
child of
Terra, Gaia, Uranus

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Sources

Source passages

“The poet Ovid named her as the daughter of the Titan Hyperion”

#15689 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Helios is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining"). Helios figures prominently in several works of Greek mythology, poetry, and literature, in which he is often described as the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and brother of the goddesses Selene”

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“Hyperion was the first to understand, by diligent attention and observation, the movement of both the sun and the moon and the other stars, and the seasons as well, in that they are caused by these bodies”

#16738 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“According to Greek cosmogony, Eos is the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia: Hyperion, a bringer of light, the One Above, Who Travels High Above the Earth and Theia, The Divine, also called Euryphaessa, "wide-shining" and Aethra, "bright sky".”

#18169 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She succeeded her father to the throne, and took her brother Hyperion to husband in order to produce heirs. With him Basileia had two children, Helios and Selene, both admired for their beauty and chastity.”

#19060 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001