Hyperion, a Titan, son of Uranus and Ge, and father of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Homer and later poets apply the name as a patronymic for Helios himself. Hence the attribute of beauty has been connected with the name, as in Shakespeare's 'Hyperion to a satyr.'
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 51
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