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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 (October 1969). [1]
"Hyperion" means "he that walks on high" or simply "the god above", often joined with "Helios". [5] There is a possible attestation of his name in Linear B (Mycenaean Greek) in the lacunose form ]pe-rjo-[(Linear B: ] 𐀟𐁊-[), found on the KN E 842 tablet (reconstructed [u]-pe-rjo-[ne]) [6] [7] though it has been suggested that the name actually reads "Apollo" ([a]-pe-rjo-[ne]).
In Greek mythology, Hyperion (/ h aɪ ˈ p ɪər i ə n /; Greek: Ὑπερίων, romanized: Hyperíōn, 'the high one') may refer to two different characters: Hyperion, one of the Titans and father of Helios, Selene and Eos by his sister-wife Theia. [1] Hyperion, a Trojan prince as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by an unknown woman. [2]
Richard Propes of The Independent Critic gave the film 3.5 stars and called it a "retro-styled superhero flick with a campily beating heart" and "an imperfect yet sublimely inspired" film "that weaves together past and present, family and fantasy all into a motion picture that made me smile from beginning to end."
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
Hyperion, a Fragment is an abandoned epic poem by 19th-century English Romantic poet John Keats. It was published in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems (1820). [ 1 ] It is based on the Titanomachia , and tells of the despair of the Titans after their fall to the Olympians.
Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. The first book of his Hyperion Cantos series, it won the Hugo Award for best novel. [1] The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and is told from the point of view of many characters. It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Hyperion. 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, [1] [2] and later came to refer to the overall storyline, including Endymion, The Rise of Endymion, and a number of short stories.