Iperione

Iperione (in greco antico: Ύπέριον, Hypérion) o Iperone è un personaggio della mitologia greca, figlio di Urano (il cielo) e di Gea (la terra).
In origine il termine Iperione era un epiteto rivolto al Sole e che aveva il significato letterale di "che si muove al di sopra".
In seguito prese invece la forma del personaggio in oggetto e come Titano della vigilanza e dell'osservanza.
l'Iperione titano rappresenta il pilastro dell'est.

Genealogia

Fratello e consorte di Teia e forse dall'interpretazione del significato del termine "colui che precede (il Sole)", che deriva il suo ruolo di padre di Helios (dio del sole), Selene (dea della luna) ed Eos (dea dell'aurora).

Mitologia

Esiodo lo cita come uno dei dodici titani figli di Urano e di Gea e come Titano dell'Est.
Nella Titanomachia Iperione fu tra i titani che si schierarono con Crono quando gli altri titani invece si schierarono con Zeus.
Di Iperione e delle sue incerte origini Diodoro Siculo scrive:

«Di Hyperion ci viene detto che fu il primo a capire, con diligente attenzione e osservazione, il movimento sia del sole e della luna e delle altre stelle, sia delle stagioni, in quanto sono causati da questi corpi e per far conoscere questi fatti agli altri, e che per questo motivo fu chiamato padre di questi corpi, dal momento che aveva generato, per così dire, la speculazione su di loro e sulla loro natura.»

Diodoro Siculo, Biblioteca Historica, libro V. 67. 1.

Nella letteratura moderna

Iperione appare nelle saghe letterarie Percy Jackson e gli dei dell'Olimpo e Eroi dell'Olimpo di Rick Riordan.

Curiosità

Nell'Iliade e nell'Odissea di Omero il dio Sole viene chiamato Helios Hyperion ma nella Teogonia di Esiodo e nell'inno a Demetra di Omero il Sole viene chiamato una volta in ogni opera Hyperonides, figlio di Iperione.
Considerando questo si potrebbe quindi dedurre che potrebbe trattarsi di due entità distinte, perlomeno nelle opinioni di Omero e di Esiodo.

Ebros Greek Primordial Titan Celestial Heavens Chained Hyperion Statue Father of Helios God of Light Sun Figurine 10"H

In Greek mythology, Hyperion (/haɪˈpɪəriən/; Greek: Ὑπερίων, translit. Hyperíōn, "The High-One") was one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky) who, led by Cronus, overthrew their father Uranus and were themselves later overthrown by the Olympians. With his sister, the Titaness Theia, Hyperion fathered Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn). Keats's abandoned epic poem Hyperion is among the literary works that feature the figure.

Mythology

Hyperion's son Helios was referred to in early mythological writings as Helios Hyperion (Ἥλιος Ὑπερίων, "Sun High-one"). In Homer's Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, the Sun is once in each work called Hyperionides (Ὑπεριωνίδης, "son of Hyperion"), and Hesiod certainly imagines Hyperion as a separate being in other writings. In later Greek literature, Hyperion is always distinguished from Helios; the former was ascribed the characteristics of the "God of Watchfulness, Wisdom and the Light", while the latter became the physical incarnation of the Sun. Hyperion is an obscure figure in Greek culture and mythology, mainly appearing in lists of the twelve Titans:

"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." - Diodorus Siculus (5.67.1)

There is little to no reference to Hyperion during the Titanomachy, the epic in which the Olympians battle the ruling Titans.
As the father of Helios, Hyperion was regarded as the "first principle" by Emperor Julian, though his relevance in Julian's notions of theurgy is unknown.

Genealogy

Hyperion's family tree

Uranus

Gaia

Pontus

Oceanus

Tethys

HYPERION

Theia

Crius

Eurybia

The Rivers

The Oceanids

Helios

Selene

Eos

Astraeus

Pallas

Perses

Cronus

Rhea

Coeus

Phoebe

Hestia

Hera

Poseidon

Zeus

Leto

Asteria

Demeter

Hades

Apollo

Artemis Opzioni

Hecate

Iapetus

Clymene (or Asia)

Themis

(Zeus)

Mnemosyne

Atlas

Menoetius

Prometheus

Epimetheus

The Horae

The Muses

Hyperion

Hyperion - titan god of light; married to his sister Theia

Hyperion - Titan of Light - YouTube

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Hyperion - Titan of Vision and Astral Fire by HernanFotografias

"You are an immortal sentenced to 1000 years of imprisonment. After 200, your prison is forgotten. After 10,000 years, it is rediscovered."

One Reddit prompt, a few months of writing, and plenty of creative history later: Hyperion.

Tartarus was sealed and the Titans were left, not forgotten but very much unwanted.

Now, they are freed.

They are in a world that they don't recognize, pursued by gods that seek their power, and very angry. After three thousand years underground they take on the challenge of this new world. In true Titan fashion, they do so head on and with no subtlety.

Hyperion: The Titan God of Heavenly Light And The Watcher From Above ...

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The Titan of Light himself: Hyperion.

Titan Hyperion by beanystergates

Titan Supremacy: Hyperion by BSDigitalQ

Hyperion Titan of Light and the East by CashLannister

TITAN IN THE DESERT OF HYPERION by Baldesign 3d

Moons or satellites of Saturn planet: Phoebe, Iapetus, Hyperion, Titan, Rhea, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas

Titan Hyperion model sculpture in bronze by Philippe Timmermans

Approximately true-color mosaic of Saturn's moon Hyperion. Composed of several narrow-angle frames and processed to match Hyperion's natural color. Taken during Cassini's flyby of this lumpy moon on 26th September 2005. Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Gordan Ugarkovic