hyperion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology

WordNet

Hy*pe"ri*on noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Class Myth.) The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.
    So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr. Shak.

Webster 1913