Hyperion
Hyperion is named as the father of Aurora by the poet Ovid.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in Roman mythology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Leto, Astraeus, Ourea, Hemera, Kratos, Old Gods, Dahak, Iapetus, Nyx, Calliope, Clotho, Lachesis, Medea, Minthe, Hecate, Sol, Jupiter, Anemoi, Pallas, Luna, Phaethon, Pontus, Artemis (Diana), Zeus, Hades, Ares, Kraken, Kronos, Atlas, Amphitrite, Persephone, Atropos, Melinoe
- consort of
- Euryphaessa, Theia, Basileia
- sibling of
- Cronus, Dione, Theia, Crius, Oceanus, Iapetus, Coeus, Themis, Rhea, Phoebe, Tethys, Mnemosyne, Cronos
- aspect of
- Titans
- serves
- Gaea
Mentioned by
- Hecate
- Sol
- Jupiter
- Anemoi
- Pallas
- Luna
- Phaethon
- Pontus
- Artemis (Diana)
- Zeus
- Hades
- Ares
- Kraken
- Kronos
- Atlas
- Amphitrite
and 9 more
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”
#16689 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“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