Hyperion

Hyperion was one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia and Uranus who, led by Cronus, overthrew Uranus and were themselves later overthrown by the Olympians. With his sister, Theia, Hyperion fathered Helios, Selene, and Eos.

Hyperion's son Helios was referred to in early mythological writings as Helios Hyperion. In Homer's Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony, and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, the Sun is once in each work called Hyperionides 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 characters of the god of watchfulness, wisdom, and 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.