1.1.3
- And again he begat children by Earth, to wit, the Titans as they are named: Ocean, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus, and, youngest of all, Cronus; also daughters, the Titanides as they are called: Tethys, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Dione, Thia.
1.2.2
- Now to the Titans were born offspring: ... to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon;
5.67.1
- 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.
fr. 17 West
- 17 Schol. Pind. Ol. 13.74f (exscripsit schol. Eur. Med. 9)
- 17 Scholiast on Pindar, Olympians
- Eumelus, a historical poet, who says:
- But when Aietes and Aloeus were born from Helios and Antiope, then Hyperion’s glorious son divided the country in two between his sons.
Theogony
- 131–136
- But afterwards she [Earth] lay with Heaven and bore deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, [135] Theia and Rhea, Themis and Mnemosyne and gold-crowned Phoebe and lovely Tethys.
- 371–374
- And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bore great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn) who shines upon all that are on earth and upon the deathless Gods who live in the wide heaven.
- 1011
- Helius, Hyperion's son,
Iliad
- 8.480
- and have joy neither in the rays of Helios Hyperion
- 19.398
- gleaming in his armour like the bright Hyperion
Odyssey
- 1.8
- the kine of Helios Hyperion [Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο]
- 1.24
- where Hyperion sets and some where he rises,
- 12.133
- whom beautiful Neaera bore to Helios Hyperion [Ἠελίῳ Ὑπερίονι]
- 12.176
- the rays of the lord Helios Hyperion [Ὑπεριονίδης/Hyperonides i.e Hyperion's son]
- 12.263
- many goodly flocks of Helios Hyperion [Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο]
- 12.346
- a rich temple to Helios Hyperion [Ἠελίῳ Ὑπερίονι]
- 12.374
- Swiftly then to Helios Hyperion [Ἠελίῳ Ὑπερίονι] came
369
- the Earth and shining Hyperion make you rot.
26
- the lord Helios, Hyperion's bright son
74
- So said she. And the Son of Hyperion answered her:
1–8
- And now, O Muse Calliope, daughter of Zeus, begin to sing of glowing Helios whom mild-eyed Euryphaessa, the far-shining one, bare to the Son of Earth and starry Heaven. For Hyperion wedded glorious Euryphaessa, [5] his own sister, who bare him lovely children, rosy-armed Eos and rich-tressed Selene and tireless Helios who is like the deathless gods.
Hymn to King Helios
- For the one (i.e., Hesiod) provided a genealogy for him (i.e., Helios) by saying that he is the son of Hyperion and Theia (cf. Th 371), hinting thereby that he is by nature the legitimate offspring of him who is superior to all things—and who else could Hyperion be than this?1
- 1 Julian etymologizes Hyperion’s name as “he who goes above.”
fr. 12 Gerber
- 12 Ath. 11.470a
- 12 Athenaeus, Scholars at Dinner
- In Nanno Mimnermus says that the Sun ... as follows:
- ...
- 11 There the son of Hyperion mounts his other vehicle.
Olympian
- 7.39
- the god that brings light to mortals, son of Hyperion [Ὑπεριονίδας]
fr. S 17 Campbell [= 185 PMG]