HYPERION  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, one of the See also:

• TITANS (Gr. Ttraaves)

Titans, son of See also:

• URANUS
• URANUS (Heaven)

Uranus and Gaea and See also:

• FATHER

father of Helios, the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-See also:

• GOD

god (See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod, Theog . 134, 371; See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus i. i . 2) . In the well-known passage in See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare (See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet, i . 2: " Hyperion to a satyr," where as in other poets the vowel -i- though really See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, is shortened for metrical reasons) Hyperion is used for See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo as expressive of the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of beauty . The name is often used as. an epithet of Helios, who is himself sometimes called simply Hyperion . It is explained as (I) he who moves above (tamp-See also:

• EWE

ewe), but the quantity of the vowel is against this; (2) he who is above (brept-wv) . Others take it to be a patronymic in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, like Kpoviwv, MoXiwv .