Hyperion may refer to:

Greek mythology

Hyperion (Titan) In Greek mythology, Hyperion (; , 'he who goes before') was one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). With his sister, the Titaness Theia, Hyperion fathered Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn). Hyperion was, alo ...

, one of the twelve Titans * ''Hyperion'', a byname of the Sun,

Helios In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Helios (; ; Homeric Greek: ) is the god who personification, personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") an ...

* Hyperion of Troy or Yperion, son of King Priam

Science

Hyperion (moon) Hyperion , also known as Saturn VII, is the eighth-largest moon of Saturn. It is distinguished by its highly irregular shape, chaotic rotation, low density, and its unusual sponge-like appearance. It was the first non- rounded moon to be di ...

, a moon of the planet Saturn * ''Hyperion'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae * Hyperion (tree), a coast redwood in Northern California and the world's tallest known living tree *

Hyperion proto-supercluster The Hyperion proto-supercluster is the largest and earliest known proto- supercluster, 5,000 times the mass of the Milky Way and seen at 20% of the current age of the universe. It was discovered in 2018 by analysing the redshifts of 10,000 objec ...

, a supercluster of galaxy groups discovered in 2018 * Project Hyperion (interstellar), preliminary study of a crewed interstellar starship or generation ship

Literature

* ''Hyperion'' (Hölderlin novel), a 1799 book by Friedrich Hölderlin * ''Hyperion'' (poem), a 1819 poem by John Keats * ''Hyperion'' (Longfellow novel), an 1839 book by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * ''Hyperion'' (Simmons novel), a 1989 novel by Dan Simmons ** '' Hyperion Cantos'', the series of novels that started with ''Hyperion'' * ''Hyperion'' (magazine), a 1908–1910 German literary journal *

Hyperion (comics) Hyperion is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, of which there are several notable versions. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Sal Buscema, the original Hyperion made his debut in '' The Avengers'' #69 ...

, the name of several characters in the Marvel Comics universe

Music

* ''Hyperion'' (Gesaffelstein album) or the title song, 2019 * ''Hyperion'' (Manticora album), 2002 * ''Hyperion'' (Marilyn Crispell, Peter Brötzmann and Hamid Drake album) or the title song, 1995 * ''Hyperion'' (EP), by Krallice, or the title song, 2016 * ''Hyperion'', an album by

St. Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

, 2018 * "Hyperion", a song by McFly from ''

The Lost Songs ''The Lost Songs'' is a collection of demo recordings released by English pop rock band McFly in 2019 and 2020. The songs were originally intended for the band's sixth studio album which was then shelved. McFly recorded a full album in 2011 be ...

'', 2020 *

Hyperion Records Hyperion Records is a British classical music record label. It was independent until February 2023, when it was acquired by the Universal Music Group. Under Universal, Hyperion is one of the three main classical record labels, alongside Decca a ...

, a British classical music label

Businesses and organizations

Hachette Books Hachette Books, formerly Hyperion Books, is a general-interest book imprint of the Perseus Books Group, which is a division of Hachette (publisher), Hachette Book Group and ultimately a part of Lagardère Group. Established in 1990, Hachette pu ...

, a book publishing division known until 2014 as Hyperion Books * Hyperion Books for Children, a book publisher *

Hyperion Entertainment Hyperion Entertainment CVBA (formerly Hyperion Entertainment VOF) is a Belgian software company which in its early years focused in porting Windows games to Amiga OS, Linux, and Mac OS. In 2001, they accepted a contract by Amiga Incorporated ...

, a computer game producer * Hyperion Pictures, a film production company * Hyperion Power Generation, a nuclear power company * Hyperion Press *

, an independent British classical music label * Hyperion Theatricals, part of Disney Theatrical Group *

Oracle Hyperion Hyperion Solutions Corporation was a software company located in Santa Clara, California, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2007. Many of its products were targeted at the business intelligence (BI) and business performance managemen ...

, a business software company owned by Oracle

Places and facilities

* Hyperion, California, a stop on the Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey Line * Hyperion Theater, a theater at the Disney California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, California * Hyperion sewage treatment plant, Playa del Rey, California * Hyperion Tower (or Mok-dong Hyperion Towers), Seoul, South Korea

Fictional entities and characters

* ''Hyperion'', the flagship of Jim Raynor in ''StarCraft'' * Hyperion Corporation, an organization in the '' Borderlands'' series * ''Hyperion'', a Gallente battleship in '' Eve Online'' * Hyperion UCS Mk.XII, a military satellite from '' Einhänder'' * ''Hyperion'', Seifer Almasy's weapon in ''Final Fantasy VIII'' * ''Ark Hyperion'', one of the four Ark starships in '' Mass Effect: Andromeda'' * ''Hyperion'', an airship in the film '' The Island at the Top of the World'' * ''Hyperion'', an airship in the novel '' Skybreaker'' * ''Hyperion'', a ship in the TV series ''

Skyland ''Skyland'' (full French title: "Skyland, Le Nouveau Monde", or "Skyland, The New World"), is an animated television series developed in France in partnership with Canada and Luxembourg for television channels France 2 in France, Teletoon in Can ...

'' * ''Hyperion'', the flagship of Yang Wenli, a ''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' character * Emperor Hyperion, chief of the alien villains' race in the anime series ''

Gekiganger III is an anime series within the anime series '' Martian Successor Nadesico'' that plays a critical part in the plot thereof. Gekiganger III was designed to mimic 1970s Super Robots, especially ''Getter Robo''. Initially, only Gai Daigoji an ...

'' *

Hyperion Hotel ''Angel'' is an American Supernatural fiction, supernatural television series, a Spinoff (media), spinoff of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. The series was created by ''Buffy''s creator, writer and director Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David ...

, a fictional home base for Angel in the television series ''Angel'' * Hyperion, a fictional boss in the video game '' Returnal'' * Hyperion Class Heavy Cruiser, a class of warship used by the Earth Alliance in

J. Michael Straczynski Joseph Michael Straczynski, known as J. Michael Straczynski (; born July 17, 1954) is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is known as the creator of the science fiction televi ...

Babylon 5 ''Babylon 5'' is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Tel ...

Computing

* Hyperion (computer), an early portable computer * Hyperion, a ''

RuneScape ''RuneScape'' is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex, released in January 2001. ''RuneScape'' was originally a browser game built with the Java (programming language), Java progr ...

'' emulator by Graham Edgecombe * Hyperion, a hyperspectral imaging spectrometer on the NASA

Earth Observing-1 Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) was a NASA Earth observation satellite created to develop and validate a number of instrument and spacecraft bus breakthrough technologies. It was intended to enable the development of future Earth imaging observatories t ...

satellite * Hyperion, Disney's rendering system first used for ''Big Hero 6'' (film) *

Nvidia Drive NVIDIA DRIVE is a computer platform by Nvidia, aimed at providing autonomous car and driver assistance functionality powered by deep learning. The platform was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2015. An en ...

Hyperion, a series of semiconductor related evaluation board and software bundles for high end automotive computation purposes

Ships

* ''Hyperion'' (ship), three commercial ships * ''Hyperion'' (yacht), a large sloop launched in 1998 * HMS ''Hyperion'', three ships of the British Royal Navy * USS ''Hyperion'' (AK-107), a World War II US Navy cargo ship

Other uses

Hyperion (horse) Hyperion (18 April 1930 – 9 December 1960) was a United Kingdom, British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, a dual classic winner, an outstanding sire, and considered to be one of the most important Thoroughbreds of the 20th century. Owned by Ed ...

(1930–1960), a British Thoroughbred horse *

Hyperion (roller coaster) Hyperion is a steel roller coaster located at Energylandia in Zator, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Zator, Poland. The ride was manufactured by Swiss manufacturer Intamin and opened on 14 July 2018. It is themed to a fictional mission to Saturn's mo ...

, a roller coaster in Poland * ''Hyperion'', a sculpture by Angela Laich after the Friedrich Hölderlin novel * Hyperion, a version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé * Hyperion XP-1 hydrogen-powered "supercar" from Hyperion Motors.