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Hyperion

Titan of the sun. Hyperion was the son of Uranus and Gaea. Hyperion married his sister, the Titaness Theia, and was the father of Helius ("Sun"), Eos ("Dawn"), and Selene ("Moon"). He was sometimes confused with his son, Helius, who was also a sun god.

Like his brothers who fought against Zeus, he was imprisoned in Tartarus.

According to Diodorus Siculus, Hyperion was a mortal consort of Basileia (Theia), who was murdered by his brothers (Titans). See Creation, Cosmogony of Diodorus Siculus.

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Hyperion, Ὑπερίων – "He who travels above".

Theia, Eos, Helius, Selene, Uranus, Gaea.

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Titans:

  • • Cronus (Saturn)
  • • Rhea (Ops)
  • • Oceanus
  • • Tethys
  • • Hyperion
  • • Theia
  • • Themis
  • • Mnemosyne
  • • Iapetus
  • • Coeüs
  • • Crius
  • • Phoebe
  • • Dione
  • • Atlas
  • • Prometheus
  • • Epimetheus
  • • Leto
  • • Asteria
  • • Perses
  • • Pallas
  • • Astraeüs
Hyperion

Hyperion

Hyperion: The Watcher From Above Hyperion, Titan god of heavenly light, was another first-generation Titan that was mainly relegated to obscurity. Thanks to Shakespeare, his name and his countenance are remembered. Like many of his other siblings,...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Theia

Theia

Titaness of sorcery. Theia was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She was sometimes called, Euryphaëssa (Eurtphaessa). Theia was the goddess of light. She married her brother Hyperion, and was the mother of Eos ("Dawn"), Helius ("Sun"), and Selene (...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Helius

Helius

Sun and the god of the sun. Helius was the son of Hyperion and Theia. The Romans identified Helius as Sol. Helius was the brother of the goddesses Selene and Eos. Helius married Perseïs (Perseis) or Perse, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. They were...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Selene

Selene

Goddess of the moon. Selene was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia. The Romans identified her as Luna. Selene was the sister of Helius (Sun) and Eos (Dawn). Selene was the mother of a daughter named Pandia, by Zeus. Selene may have been seduced by...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Dione

Dione

Dione was an obscure goddess. It was not certain whether she was either a Titaness or an Oceanid. None of the writers I had come across said anything about her attributes, but she was most likely the goddess of the sea, mainly because Dione was al...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Phoebe

Phoebe

Titaness of the moon. Phoebe was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. Phoebe married her brother Coeüs (Coeus). Phoebe became the mother of Leto and Asteria, so Phoebe was the grandmother of Apollo, Artemis and Hecate. Her name means "light", and she ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Children of Helius

Children of Helius

House of Helius Alternative Family Tree of HeliusHouse of HeliusAlternative Family Tree of Helius Below is the alternative genealogy for Helius' family. Here, I used Diodorus Siculus, in his work called the Library of History, as my source to cons...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Iapetus

Iapetus

Titan. Iapetus was the son of Uranus and Gaea. He married the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, either Clymene or Asia. Iapetus was the father of the Titans, Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus and Epimetheus. Some said that Iapetus married his own sister ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Atlas

Atlas

Titan. Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetus by the Oceanid Clymene or Asia. He was the brother of Menoetius, Prometheus and Epimetheus. When his brother Prometheus tried to persuade him not to go to war against the Olympians, he did not listen. ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Uranus (Sky)

Uranus (Sky)

The sky and the god of the sky. Uranus was the son of Gaea and possibly of Aether. Uranus married his mother and became the first supreme ruler of the world. (According to the Orphic myth, Gaea and Uranus were not mother and son. Rather they were ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
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