Hyperion was the
Titan-god of
heavenly light and the ordering of the days and months in ancient
Greek mythology. By his wife and sister
Theia he was the father of the of
Eos (the Dawn),
Helios (the Sun) and
Selene (the Moon). With three of his brothers (
Coeus,
Crius and
Iapetus) Hyperion conspired with
Cronus to depose their father
Uranus. Uranus (the Sky) would descend each night to lie upon
Gaia (the Earth), each standing at a corner of the cosmos they held Uranus firm whle Cronus emasculated him with a sickle.
