Hyperion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Hyperion (/haɪˈpɪəriən/; Greek: Ὑπερίων, romanized: Hyperíōn, 'the high one') may refer to two different characters:
- Hyperion, one of the Titans and father of Helios, Selene and Eos by his sister-wife Theia.[1]
- Hyperion, a Trojan prince as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by an unknown woman.[2]
Hyperion is also a byname of the sun, Helios.
Notes
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 134 & 371; Apollodorus, 1.1.3 & 1.2.2
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.