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Father of the Sun
Hyperion in The Iliad (reference)
Hyperion in The Odyssey (reference)
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Father of the Sun

No matter which text you believe, Hyperion was, without doubt, the father of Helios (the Sun), Eos (the Dawn) and Selene (the Moon). In the Homeric Hymn to Helios, Eryphaesa is listed as their mother.

In Theogony by Hesiod (line 372), the mother of Eos, Helios and Selene is listed as Theia. She and Hyperion were Titans of the same generation as Kronos (Cronos), and like Kronos, were the children of Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (the Heavens). Hyperion was the eldest son, his name means ’the one above’. (Theogony, lines 134 and 372–374)

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Hyperion in The Iliad (listed by book and line)

08.480 ...Zeus tells Hera that he will give Hektor (Hector) glory in battle and that he does not care what she does or where she goes, she cannot change his mind; even if she goes to Tartaros (Tartarus) where the sun god, Hyperion, cannot shine, Zeus says he will not heed her desires

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Hyperion in The Odyssey (listed by book and line)

01.022 ...Poseidon has gone to the land of the Aithiopians (Ethiopians), the most distant of men who live where Hyperion sets and rises
12.133 ...The nymphs, Lampetia and Phaethousa, daughters of Neaira and Hyperion, watch over the herd of Helios on the island of Thrinakia (Thrinacia)
12.176 ...As Odysseus and his crew sailed past the island of the Sirens, he let the light of Hyperion soften some wax so he could put it in the ears of the sailors and make them immune to the Siren’s song
12.263 ...After surviving Kharybdis (Charybdis) and Skylla (Scylla), Odysseus and his crew came to the island of the Sun God, Hyperion
12.347 ...After Odysseus’ crew had disobeyed orders and eaten the oxen of the Sun God, Helios Hyperion, they vainly promise to build a temple to the god when they return home to Ithaka (Ithaca)
12.375 ...When his daughter, Lampetia, tells him that Odysseus’ crew have eaten his cattle, Hyperion, the Sun God, demands justice from Zeus

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