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{{Greek myth (Titan)}} |
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'''Hyperion''' hi|Ὑπερίων}}'', "The High-One") is one of the twelve ] gods of Ancient Greece, which were later supplanted by the ]. He was the son of ] (the physical incarnation of Earth) and ] (literally meaning 'the Sky'), and was referred to in early mythological writings as ''Helios Hyperion'' (Ἥλιος Υπερίων), 'Sun High-one'. But in the ''Odyssey'', ]'s '']'' and the Homeric ''Hymn to Demeter'' the Sun is once in each work called ''Hyperionides'' (περίδής) 'son of Hyperion', and Hesiod certainly imagines Hyperion as a separate being in other writings. Hyperion is the titan of light. In later Ancient Greek literature, ''Hyperion'' is always distinguished from '']'' - the former was ascribed the characteristics of the 'God of Watchfulness and Wisdom', while the latter became the physical incarnation of the Sun. Hyperion plays virtually no role in Greek culture and little role in mythology, save in lists of the twelve Titans. Later Greeks intellectualized their myths: |
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'''Hyperion''' (Greek ''{{Polytonic|Ὑπερίων}}'', "The High-One") is one of the twelve ] gods of Ancient Greece, which were later supplanted by the ]. He was the son of ] (the physical incarnation of Earth) and ] (literally meaning 'the Sky'), and was referred to in early mythological writings as ''Helios Hyperion'' (Ἥλιος Υπερίων), 'Sun High-one'. But in the ''Odyssey'', ]'s '']'' and the Homeric ''Hymn to Demeter'' the Sun is once in each work called ''Hyperionides'' (περίδής) 'son of Hyperion', and Hesiod certainly imagines Hyperion as a separate being in other writings. Hyperion is the titan of light. In later Ancient Greek literature, ''Hyperion'' is always distinguished from '']'' - the former was ascribed the characteristics of the 'God of Watchfulness and Wisdom', while the latter became the physical incarnation of the Sun. Hyperion plays virtually no role in Greek culture and little role in mythology, save in lists of the twelve Titans. Later Greeks intellectualized their myths: |
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<blockquote>"Of Hyperion we are told that he was the first to understand, by diligent attention and observation, the movement of both the sun and the moon and the other stars, and the seasons as well, in that they are caused by these bodies, and to make these facts known to others; and that for this reason he was called the father of these bodies, since he had begotten, so to speak, the speculation about them and their nature." —] (5.67.1)</blockquote> |
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<blockquote>"Of Hyperion we are told that he was the first to understand, by diligent attention and observation, the movement of both the sun and the moon and the other stars, and the seasons as well, in that they are caused by these bodies, and to make these facts known to others; and that for this reason he was called the father of these bodies, since he had begotten, so to speak, the speculation about them and their nature." —] (5.67.1)</blockquote> |
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"Of Hyperion we are told that he was the first to understand, by diligent attention and observation, the movement of both the sun and the moon and the other stars, and the seasons as well, in that they are caused by these bodies, and to make these facts known to others; and that for this reason he was called the father of these bodies, since he had begotten, so to speak, the speculation about them and their nature." —Diodorus Siculus (5.67.1)
