Hyperion

Family: Titans · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.1

🌐 Also appears in: The Odyssey (as Hyperion) · The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Hyperion) · The Divine Comedy (as Hyperion)

In Apollodorus, Hyperion and Thia produced Eos, Helius, and Selene—“Dawn, Sun, and Moon.” In Hesiod, Earth and Heaven later brought forth Hyperion among the first generation of Titans.

In the later account, Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bore Helius, Selene, and Eos, including Eos, who shines upon earth and the deathless gods.

Relationship record

Life events

• Hyperion and Thia produced Dawn, Sun, and Moon.(Apollodorus, Library 1.2)
  • With: Theia Eos Helius Selene
  • “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon;”
• Earth and Heaven produce the first generation of Titans.(Hesiod, Theogony 1-116)
  • With: Earth Heaven Oceanus Coeus Crius Iapetus Theia Rhea Themis Mnemosyne Phoebe Tethys
  • “But afterwards she lay with Heaven and bare deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea, Themis and Mnemosyne and gold-crowned Phoebe and lovely Tethys.”
• Theia bears Helius, Selene, and Eos to Hyperion.(Hesiod, Theogony 295-404)
  • With: Theia Helius Selene Eos
  • “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn) who shines upon all that are on earth and upon the deathless Gods who live in the wide heaven.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.1

• parent: Sky “And again he begat children by Earth, to wit, the Titans as they are named: Ocean, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus, and, youngest of all, Cronus; also daughters, the Titanides as they are called: Tethys, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Dione, Thia.”
• parent: Earth “And again he begat children by Earth, to wit, the Titans as they are named: Ocean, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus, and, youngest of all, Cronus; also daughters, the Titanides as they are called: Tethys, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Dione, Thia.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.2

• child: Eos “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”
• child: Helius “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”
• child: Selene “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”

Hesiod, Theogony 1-116

• parent: Heaven “But afterwards she lay with Heaven and bare deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus”

Hesiod, Theogony 295-404

• courtship with Theia “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion”
• child: Helios “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun)”
• child: Selene “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon)”
• child: Eos “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn)”
• child: Helius “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun)”

Hesiod, Theogony 979-1021

• child: Helius “And Circe the daughter of Helius, Hyperion’s son, loved steadfast Odysseus and bare Agrius and Latinus who was faultless and strong: also she brought forth Telegonus by the will of golden Aphrodite.”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.