Hyperion

[ hahy-peer-ee-uhn ]

/ haɪˈpɪər i ən /

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noun

Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.

Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn.

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Origin of Hyperion

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

Words nearby Hyperion

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How to use Hyperion in a sentence

Excerpted from Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations, published by Hyperion, copyright 2013.
No More Coddling!|Joanne Lipman|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Turlington authored Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice (Hyperion, 2002).
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Mark Katz is the author of Clinton Me: A Real Life Political Comedy (Hyperion Books), from which these excerpts were taken.
George McGovern & Me|Mark Katz|October 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His popular Hyperion Cantos series takes its title from Keats.
Who Stole the Thriller?|Alexander Nazaryan|March 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Her new book, The Bag Lady Papers, comes out in February from Hyperion.
Fantasy Shopper|Alexandra Penney|December 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
His 'Hyperion' is a fine monument, and will cause his name to last.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
Compared with this lordly poem, the erotic novel of the day, with its prurient platitudes, is as a satyr to Hyperion.
Belford's Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3, February 1889|Various
The hair of Horatius at sixty-five is as affluent as Hyperion's, and as dark without unguents as the raven's plume.
From the Easy Chair, series 2|George William Curtis
A, which contains the copy of a real early draft of Hyperion.
Keats|Sidney Colvin
The next fragment we come to is colossal,—it is Hyperion itself.
Life of John Keats|Sidney Colvin

British Dictionary definitions for Hyperion (1 of 2)

Hyperion¹

/ (haɪˈpɪərɪən) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for Hyperion (2 of 2)

Hyperion²

/ (haɪˈpɪərɪən) /

noun

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

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