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Hyperion
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Hy·pe·ri·on  (h-pîr-n)
n.
1. Greek Mythology A Titan, the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios.
2. A satellite of Saturn.

[Greek Huperin.]

Hyperion1
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, father of Helios (sun), Selene (moon), and Eos (dawn)

Hyperion2
n
(Astronomy) an irregular-shaped outer satellite of the planet Saturn that tumbles chaotically
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Noun1.Hyperion - (Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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