Hyperion in Greek tradition
Among the elder Titans, Hyperion is the High One, a Greek god associated with celestial light, the sun and the heavenly realm. He took his sister Theia as his consort, and they had Eos, Helios and Selene. Eos brought dawn, Helios crossed the heavens by day, and Selene illuminated the night after her brother descended into the sea.
The quick answers
Who is Hyperion?
Hyperion is a Greek being associated with celestial light, the sun, the heavenly realm, celestial observation, the divine succession.Source
Source
- Classical Mythology a to Z
- Dictionary of Mythology
What is Hyperion the god of?
celestial light, the sun, the heavenly realm, celestial observation, the divine successionSource
Source
- Classical Mythology a to Z
What family links are recorded for Hyperion?
Father: Uranus, Mother: Gaia, Spouse: Aethra, 4 children, 7 siblings.
Hyperion’s family, at a glance
Parents above, children below, and the figure’s consorts named in between, the same family data as the fact box, laid out as a chart instead of a field list.
The names Hyperion answers to
The High One
The one who is above
SourceClassical Mythology a to Z
He Who Goes Above
A literal rendering of Hyperion's name
SourceDictionary of Mythology
Titan
A member of the elder generation of gods
SourceClassical Mythology a to Z
The myths of Hyperion
1 myth, each traced to its primary text and corpus sources.
The Union of Hyperion and Theia
Eos rose first in the east and announced the approach of her brother Helios. She was the Dawn, and she was the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Hyperion took his sister Theia as his consort, and they had three celestial children: Eos, Helios, and Selene. Helios was the Sun, and Selene was the Moon.
With her rosy fingers, Eos painted the tips of the mountains. She drew aside the misty veil through which Helios was about to appear. When he burst forth in the full light of day, Eos disappeared. Helios then drove his golden, flame-darting chariot along its accustomed track. Four fire-breathing horses drew it. Helios stood upright behind them and held their reins in one hand. Rays surrounded his head, and his eyes flashed. The fiery horses could not be controlled by ordinary hands.
Towards evening, Helios descended along the curve of the sky. He cooled his burning forehead in the waters of the deep sea. Selene followed him closely. She then took charge of the world during the dark hours and illuminated the night with her silver crescent. Selene was Helios's sister and the daughter of Hyperion and Theia. The movements of Dawn, Sun, and Moon marked the changing conditions of the sky.

In the modern world
No modern rework confirmed yet.
3 sources· checked 2026-08-19
- 1Greek Myths & TalesT1
- 2Hesiod, TheogonyT1
Quote
“Hyperion and Theia bore Eos, the early Dawn, great Helios, the Sun, and Selene, the Moon.”
Hesiod, Theogony
- 3The Greek MythsT1
Also appears in
The myths across MythSource where Hyperion features, each on that figure’s page.
- Aphrodite's Curse on Eos · on Aphrodite
- The Affair of Ares and Eos · on Ares
- Atlas and Hesperis · on Atlas
- Atlas Leads the Titans · on Atlas
- Coeus and Phoebe’s Union · on Coeus
- Coeus’s Imprisonment in Tartarus · on Coeus
- The Birth of Cronus · on Cronus
- The Fall of Cronus · on Cronus
- Eos’s Affair with Ares and Aphrodite’s Curse · on Eos
- The Birth of Eos · on Eos
- The Cosmic Egg of Eurynome and Ophion · on Eurynome
- The Overthrow of Eurynome and Ophion · on Eurynome
- The Birth of Uranus · on Gaia
- The Children of Uranus's Blood · on Gaia
- The Emergence of Gaia · on Gaia
- The Union of Earth and Sky · on Gaia
- Gullveig’s Burning and Rebirth · on Gullveig
- Hecate Aids Zeus in the Titan War · on Hecate
- Zeus Frees the Hecatoncheires · on Hecatoncheires
- Helios and Neaera's Daughters · on Helios
- Helios Takes the Sun's Course · on Helios
- The Birth of Helios · on Helios
- Heracles Frees Prometheus · on Heracles
- The Birth and Release of Hestia · on Hestia
- The Birth of the Meliae · on Meliae
- Menoetius Struck Down by Zeus · on Menoetius
- Mnemosyne and Zeus’s Nine-Night Union · on Mnemosyne
- Oceanus Stays Out of the Titanomachy · on Oceanus
- The Birth of Oceanus · on Oceanus
- Ophion and Eurynome Create the Cosmos · on Ophion
- Ophion’s Overthrow by Cronus · on Ophion
- Perseus Turns Atlas to Stone · on Perseus
- The Birth of Phoebe · on Phoebe
- The Secret of Thetis · on Prometheus
- The Birth of Theia · on Theia
- Theia and Hyperion · on Theia
- The Birth of Themis · on Themis
- Themis Joins Zeus’s Divine Order · on Themis
- Tithonus and Eos · on Tithonus
- The Birth of Uranus · on Uranus
- The Union of Uranus and Gaia · on Uranus
- Uranus Imprisons His Children · on Uranus
- The Birth and Hiding of Zeus · on Zeus
- The War Against the Titans · on Zeus
6 works catalogued
This is the candidate catalogue for Hyperion: candidate reworks first, then references, then names used as atmosphere. Nothing here has been checked against a source yet. Only reviewed myth-to-work links are promoted in Overview.
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Film5
- ImmortalsRework
- Fall of HyperionName only
- HyperionName only
- Hyperion ist entflohenName only
- New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, BrotherhoodName only
Book1
- HyperionName only
These are catalogue candidates, not proof that every work retells this figure. Reviewed myth-to-work links appear in Overview.
What this page is built from
About this page
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3 sources are cited on this page, primary texts and corpus scholarship, listed below.
Cite this page
MythSource. (n.d.). Hyperion. https://www.mythsource.com/figures/hyperion
"Hyperion." MythSource, n.d., www.mythsource.com/figures/hyperion.
"Hyperion." MythSource. n.d. https://www.mythsource.com/figures/hyperion.
The mythology summaries and identity fields on this page are grounded in the primary texts and scholarship above. The appearance table records candidates separately; only reviewed joins are presented as modern reworks in Overview.
The film
The Underdrawing video on Hyperion embeds here once it publishes.
