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Hyperi'on

Ὑπερίων), a Titan, a son of Uranus and Ge, and married to his sister Theia, or Euryphaessa, by whom he became the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos. (Hes. Th. 134, 371, &c.; Apollod. 1.1.3, 2.2.) Homer uses the name in a patronymic sense applied to Helios, so that it is equivalent to Hyperionion or Hyperionides; and Homer's example is imitated also by other poets. (Hom. Od. 1.8, 12.132, Il. 8.480; Hes. Th. 1011; Ov. Met. 15.406.) Apolldorus dorus (3.12.5) mentions a son of Priam of the name of Hyperion.

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  • Cross-references from this page (9):
    • Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 1.2.2
    • Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 1.1.3
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 1011
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 371
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 134
    • Homer, Iliad, 8.480
    • Homer, Odyssey, 12.132
    • Homer, Odyssey, 1.8
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.406
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