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) Hyperion is a coast redwood ('' Sequoia sempervirens'' D.Don, Endl.) tree in California, which is the world's tallest known living tree, measured at tall in 2019. Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006, by naturalists Chris Atkins ...

, 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 ''Hyperion Cantos'' is a series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. The title was originally used for the collection of the first pair of books in the series, '' Hyperion'' and '' The Fall of Hyperion'', and later came to refer to the ...

'', 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 Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW), formerly known as The Disney Publishing Group and Buena Vista Publishing Group, is the publishing subsidiary of Disney Experiences, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Its imprints include Disney Edition ...

, 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 Hyperion Pictures (also known as Hyperion Films or Hyperion Studios or Hyperion Animation) is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Thomas L. Wilhite, who had previously been the head of motion picture and tel ...

, a film production company *

Hyperion Power Generation Gen4 Energy, Inc. (formerly Hyperion Power Generation, Inc.

, a nuclear power company *

Hyperion Press Hyperion Press was an American publishing company, based in Westport, Connecticut. In the 1970s, it published science fiction and science fiction studies including reissues of several books first published by World Publ. Co. of Cleveland and clas ...

, an independent British classical music label *

Hyperion Theatricals Buena Vista Theatrical Group Ltd., doing business as the Disney Theatrical Group, is the live show, stageplay and musical production arm of The Walt Disney Company. The company is led by Thomas Schumacher, Anne Quart, and Andrew Flatt, and is a d ...

, 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 Hyperion is a location in Los Angeles County, California. Hyperion was a stop on the Pacific Electric Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey Line that lay at an elevation of 33 feet (10 m). Hyperion still appeared on USGS maps as of 1934. Hyperion Pier ...

, a stop on the

Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey Line The Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey was an interurban railway route of the Pacific Electric. It operated between the Hill Street Terminal and Cliffton, south of Redondo Beach, through the company's Western Division. The route ran along the co ...

Hyperion Theater The Hyperion Theater is a theater located at Disney California Adventure in Hollywood Land. The theater can seat up to 1,984 people. The facade is modeled after that of the Los Angeles Theatre on LA's Broadway. History The Hyperion Theater op ...

, a theater at the Disney California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, California *

Hyperion sewage treatment plant The Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant is a sewage treatment plant in southwest Los Angeles, California, next to Dockweiler State Beach on Santa Monica Bay. The plant is the largest sewage treatment facility in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area ...

, Playa del Rey, California *

Hyperion Tower Mokdong Hyperion () is a group of three residential buildings located in the Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, completed in 2003. Tower A, the tallest in the group, has 69 floors and is high, making it the fifth tallest ...

(or Mok-dong Hyperion Towers), Seoul, South Korea

Fictional entities and characters

* ''Hyperion'', the flagship of

Jim Raynor James Eugene Raynor is a major protagonist in Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment's science fiction ''StarCraft'' series. Raynor is a predominant character in the science fiction real-time strategy video games ''StarCraft (video game) ...

in ''StarCraft'' * Hyperion Corporation, an organization in the ''

Borderlands A borderland or borderlands are the geographical space or zone around a territorial border. Borderland or borderlands may refer to: Places * Borderland, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia * Borderland (elec ...

'' series * ''Hyperion'', a Gallente battleship in '' Eve Online'' * Hyperion UCS Mk.XII, a military satellite from ''

Einhänder ''Einhänder'' is a scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Square (video game company), Square for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation. It was released in Japan on November 20, 1997 and in North America on May 5, 1998 by Sony ...

'' * ''Hyperion'',

Seifer Almasy ''Final Fantasy VIII'', a 1999 role-playing video game by Squaresoft, features "SeeD", an elite group of mercenaries, as well as soldiers, rebels, and political leaders of various nations and cities. Thirteen weeks after its release, it had ea ...

'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 ''The Island at the Top of the World'' is a 1974 American live-action lost world fantasy adventure film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Winston Hibler. It was released by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by Buena Vista Distribu ...

'' * ''Hyperion'', an airship in the novel ''

Skybreaker ''Skybreaker'', sequel to '' Airborn'', is a young adult fantasy novel written by Canadian author Kenneth Oppel. It continues the adventures of young airship student Matt Cruse, and Kate de Vries, a budding scientist. Plot summary Using reward m ...

'' * ''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) The Hyperion is an early portable computer that vied with the Compaq Portable to be the first portable IBM PC compatible. It was marketed by Infotech Cie of Ottawa, a subsidiary of Bytec Management Corp., who acquired the designer and manufact ...

, 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 Angela Isabella Laich (born 24 March 1963 in Stuttgart, West Germany) is a sculptor, draughtsperson, and painter, who specialises in figurative sculpture. She was taught by Alfred Hrdlicka and has been a substantial part of significant art exhi ...

after the Friedrich Hölderlin novel * Hyperion, a version of the

Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé The Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé is a luxury grand tourer manufactured by Rolls-Royce that debuted at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, on 7 January 2007. It is based on the 2003 Rolls-Royce Phantom a ...

Hyperion XP-1 The Hyperion XP-1 is a planned hydrogen-powered sports car being developed by American California-based automobile manufacturer Hyperion Motors. Unveiled to the public on August 12, 2020, it is the first car designed by the company. Specific ...

hydrogen-powered "supercar" from Hyperion Motors.