Talk:Hyperion (Titan)

message: Poor old Hyperion. No one has come looking for you.But Hamlet kept yacking on about you so i did. G
*Hyperion was also the name of the main BattleCrusier in StarCraft :) Ghostalker
: Put that on Hyperion rather than on this page. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 18:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
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message: The article claims that Hyperion was regarded as the "god of observation" along with Theia as a "goddess of sight". I have not found any reference to this any any book on mythology or Greek religion that I own. I very much doubt that this is true.
The Prime Source 22:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe related to the etymology of his name, from Hyper- meaning "over"? As in "overseeing"? --Krsont 13:32, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  God of observation? I've not heard that before. 

message: I very much doubt that Theia was ever thought to be a goddess of sight in the ancient world and unless any evidence that this is the case is given then this statement should be removed. The Prime Source 20:18, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Theia is the Goddess of sight?

message: I think it has come to the point where this section is no longer necessary. Similar situations has arisen for many other pages on minor Greek deities where there has been some debate over whether a section should be included in the mythology article about fiction, or if this should be moved to the disambiguation page. In most of these cases the editors of the articles have decided to move the fictional references to the disambiguation page to make the article more focused and less cluttered. 
In this case I see no reason why not to do the same. Here is my reasoning:
*1. Half of the items (8/16) in this section already have their own pages and appear on the disambiguation page. 
*2. Most of these references listed on this page seem to have minimal importance. For example, knowing that in Act 4, Scene 3 of Hamlet, Shakespeare referenced Hyperion does not provide any information about the play and is simply useless information. Writers make references to ancient deities like Hyperion all the time; this particular example is no exception. In this case it was probably included because of the renown associated with Shakespeare and Hamlet. 
*3. This section has essentially nothing to do with the Titan Hyperion, except that it was the namesake for these references. 
*4. Without this section the article would be more concise, encyclopedic and less cluttered.
I suggest two solutions to solve this problem:
*1. Remove the entire "Fiction inspired by or connected to Hyperion" section
*2. Move all the important and valuable references to the disambiguation page for
If there are no objections I will carry this out over the next week. Thanks, --France3470 02:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hyperion in fiction, is it necessary on this page?

message: Hyperion is related to the Greek root word "hyper", meaning "over", "above", or "excessive". The root word carried itself over into English as a prefix, and is seen in words such as "Hyperbole" (an over-statement), "Hyperactivity" (excessive amounts of energy), and "Hyperventilation" (overbreathing), among many others. This should probably be added to the article, especially because the article gives the impression that Hyperion has no purpose within Greek mythology or otherwise.  24.15.53.225 (talk) 05:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hyperion's etymology 

message: Just a personal appeal to Wikipedians to please desist from posting useless and uninteresting trivia. The trivia section of this entry is a great example of how the Wikipedia ideal is being tarnished beyond redemption through the inclusion of such irrelevent nonsense. It weakens Wikipedia enormously.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.16.85.59 (talk) 20:17, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Useless trivia tarnishing the Wikipedia ideal 

message: It should be added that Hyperion's consort was said to be Theia.
ICE77 (talk) 04:32, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hyperion's consort 

message: The article says "the Sun is once in each work called Hyperionides (περίδής) 'son of Hyperion'" - but the Greek there only says "perides". Has this been misedited, or is there a reason for the mismatch? -DrGaellon (talk | contribs) 11:51, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Son of Hyperion? 

message: Greetings:
I'm only posting this in the "NEW SECTION" because I don't know how to comment on a WIKIPEDIA subject, and I don't want my entry to accidentally erase and/or interfere with information that's already posted.
I think this is the first time I've ever posted anything at a WIKIPEDIA web site.
So, if I'm doing this incorrectly, I hope someone will let me know.
Until yesterday, Saturday 02 June 2012, I had never heard of "HYPERION".
That was when I watched a 1974 WALT DISNEY movie, "THE ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD", at the YOU TUBE web site.
In that movie, the airship is named, "HYPERION", and seeing that, piqued my interest in learning more.
WIKIPEDIA will not permit me to include the movie's URL in this post, so you'll have to research it for yourself.
However, here is a hint:
The 1974 WALT DISNEY movie, "THE ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD", was posted at the YOU TUBE web site on Saturday 19 November 2011 by "CRYOSTATION"
By the way, I truly enjoyed watching that movie, and can highly recommend it for others.
Thank you.
John Robert Mallernee (talk) 15:29, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hyperion for a movie 

message: Why does the Epidus bow redirect here if there is no mention of it on the page? I for one become very frustrated when a subject redirects and is not mentioned on the page. Andrew Watts (talk) 22:26, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Epidus bow redirect 

message: Or was Sol always the only solar deity?--JaredMithrandir (talk) 19:08, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it's still "Hyperion" in latin sources. There's no known analogue in roman mythology (which have little on the geneology of gods in general, prior to syncretism with greek myths anyways), though Emperor Julian appearently incorporated him in his version of Neoplatonism (see main article).(talk) 01:25, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did Hyperion have any Roman/Latin names? 

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message: The article says "There is little to no reference to Hyperion during the Titanomachy". If that is the case, what is mentioned about him?
ICE77 (talk) 18:51, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference to Hyperion in the Titanomachy 

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