Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hyperion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hyperion \Hy*pe"ri*on\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class Myth.)
The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with
Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.
So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a
satyr. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Hyperion
n : (Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus
and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient
mythology [syn: {Hyperion}]
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