HOW TO PRONOUNCE
hyperion
/haɪˈpɪɹiən/
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What does hyperion mean?
proper noun
- A Titan, the son of Gaia and Uranus and the father of Helios, Selene and Eos.
- Helios himself, the incarnation of light and beauty.
- One of the moons of Saturn.
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IPA pronunciation
/haɪˈpɪɹiən/
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And, true enough, I learned presently that the mate of the Hyperion had “taken down” his name for quarter-master.
That were to enlard his fat-already pride, And add more coals to Cancer when he burns With entertaining great Hyperion.
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Chronos, or Saturn, Dionysos, Hyperion, Atlas, Hercules, were all connected with "a great Saturnian continent;" they were kings that ruled over countries on the western shores of the Mediterranean, Africa and Spain.