Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology A Titan, the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios.
- n. The satellite of Saturn that is 12th in distance from the planet.
Wiktionary
- n. Greek mythology A Titan, the son of Gaia and Uranus and the father of Helios, Selene and Eos.
- n. astronomy One of the moons of Saturn.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Class Myth.) The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Ὑπερίων. (Wiktionary)
- Greek Huperiōn. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“On her first three CDs, all made for the fine English label Hyperion, she focused on worthy but obscure repertory: sonatas by Karl Amadeus Hartmann; concertos by Nikolai Roslavets; works for violin and piano by Karel Szymanowski.”
“Hyperion is a real publishing house, agented submissions only. link15 comments | post comment navigation viewing”
“Or that Hyperion is a sophisticated work of genius while Harry Potter is empty childish cliche?”
“And discover that Hyperion is a tedious, droning bore while Harry Potter is a fun and affecting magical romp?”
“Hyperion is sponsoring a giveaway to promote the recent release of And Another Thing ... by Eoin Colfer.”
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“Hyperion is a strange and dangerous planet, filled with unanswered mysteries and deadly dangers, the most dangerous being the Shrike, a creature of metal and menace that kills indiscriminately and often.”
“I have read the last two of these, and Hyperion is better than either (though I enjoyed both books).”
“Hyperion is likely to make a great movie if made by the right team.”
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“The part that does work as well as that is when the viewpoint steps back even further, to the conflict between the various AI entities, and hints at their plans and goals, sort of a cross between Culture Mind ships and the Technocore in Hyperion, to a certain extent.”
“Dan Simmons 'Hyperion is headed for the big screen.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Hyperion’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...yearling, wild celery, Wain, Themis, talon, slither, sedge, sea eagle, scurf, rile, prevaricate, poplar tree and 732 more...
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LIT - Iliad - key words and protagonists
depict, delegation, daughter, Dardanus, Dardanian, Dardan, Hellespont, cupbearer, Crete, Cretan, Creon, copulate and 713 more...
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Greek to me
Gordian knot, Proteus, sisyphean, eudemonia, glossolalia, hemorrhage, hamadryad, aphotic, tautogeneity, anthropomorphism, polygamy, polygyny and 37 more...
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Percy Jackson
Daedalus, Icarus, Titan, Hyperion, Gaia, Uranus, Helios, Selene, Eos, Cronus, Ares, Eris and 20 more...
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gods
A list of mythological gods that people have worshipped throughout history (includes primordial dieties).
They can be animate or inanimate (male or female). 3+ syllables
Please ...Aphrodite, Aurora, Asclepius, Veiovis, Athena, Morpheus, Discordia, Hephaestus, Adonai, Osiris, Protogenoi, Calypso and 4 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
Tweets
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Prolagus The world's tallest tree. Apr 8, 2011