Hyperion

[ hahy-peer-ee-uhn ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
2. Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn.

Hyperion

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/ haɪˈpɪərɪən /

noun

1. an irregular-shaped outer satellite of the planet Saturn that tumbles chaotically

Hyperion

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/ haɪˈpɪərɪən /

noun

1. Greek myth a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, father of Helios (sun), Selene (moon), and Eos (dawn)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hyperion¹

< Latin < Greek Hyperī́ōn, equivalent to hyper- hyper- + iṓn going; ion

Example Sentences

Excerpted from Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations, published by Hyperion, copyright 2013.

From The Daily Beast

Turlington authored Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice (Hyperion, 2002).

From The Daily Beast

Mark Katz is the author of Clinton Me: A Real Life Political Comedy (Hyperion Books), from which these excerpts were taken.

From The Daily Beast

His popular Hyperion Cantos series takes its title from Keats.

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Her new book, The Bag Lady Papers, comes out in February from Hyperion.

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His 'Hyperion' is a fine monument, and will cause his name to last.

From Project Gutenberg

Compared with this lordly poem, the erotic novel of the day, with its prurient platitudes, is as a satyr to Hyperion.

From Project Gutenberg

The hair of Horatius at sixty-five is as affluent as Hyperion's, and as dark without unguents as the raven's plume.

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A, which contains the copy of a real early draft of Hyperion.

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The next fragment we come to is colossal,—it is Hyperion itself.

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