In literature, the Sun is often referred to as "Hyperion's bright son." Diodorus Siculus Īccording to the rationalizing historian Diodorus Siculus, Hyperion was the name of the first person to understand the movement of the sun and moon, and their effect on the seasons, and explains that, because of this, he was said to be their "father": In later sources the two sun-gods are distinctly father and son. But in the Iliad and elsewhere in the Odyssey, Helios is also called "Helios Hyperion" with Hyperion here either being used as a patronymic or other epithet, while also in the Homeric epics, and in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, besides being called Helios, he is sometimes also called simply Hyperion. Hyperion is Helios' father in Homer's Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony, and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. In early sources sometimes the two were considered to be distinct, with Hyperion being the father of Helios, but sometimes they were apparently identified, with Hyperion being simply a title of, or another name for, Helios himself. As a Titan, one of the oldest generation of gods, Hyperion was a fitting father for these three sky-gods who, as elements of the natural world, must have been conceived of as having come into being near the beginning of the cosmos. He seems to exist only to provide a father for the three celestial deities. As is the case for most of the Titans, there are no myths or functions for Hyperion. Afterwards, in the words of Hesiod, Hyperion subjected his sister Theia to his love, and fathered on her three children, the lights of heaven Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn). According to Apollodorus, Uranus only imprisoned the Hecatoncheires and the Cyclopes but not the Titans, until Gaia persuaded her six Titan sons to overthrow their father Uranus and "they, all but Ocean, attacked him" as Cronus castrated him. In the Theogony, Uranus imprisoned all the children that Gaia bore him, before he was overthrown. Hyperion is one of the twelve or thirteen Titans, the children of Gaia and Uranus. There is a possible attestation of his name in Linear B ( Mycenaean Greek) in the lacunose form ]pe-rjo- □□-pe-rjo-) though it has been suggested that the name actually reads " Apollo" ( -pe-rjo-). "Hyperion" means "he that walks on high" or simply "the god above", often joined with "Helios". John Keats's abandoned epic poem Hyperion is among the literary works that feature the figure. Hyperion was, along with his son Helios, a personification of the sun, with the two sometimes identified. With his sister, the Titaness Theia, Hyperion fathered Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn). In Greek mythology, Hyperion ( / h aɪ ˈ p ɪər i ə n/ Greek: Ὑπερίων, 'he who goes before') was one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. This article contains special characters.
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