Hyperion (Titan)

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The Titan of the East, the Titan of brightness and heavenly light. He married Theia, the Titaness of Sight and Splendour and fathered Helios, Selene and Eos.

=Mythology= In myths, he helped his brother Kronos castrate Ouranos with Koios, Krios and Iapetus. He sided with Kronos in the Titanomachy and was thrown into Tartarus by the Olympians. For helping Kronos dethrone Ouranos, he was given the position of the east. Together with Koios, Krios and Iapetus presence, he holds up the sky using his power. He later on fathered Helios, Selene and Eos with Theia, his sister. His Roman name is Sun. =Trivia=


 * Besides Atlas, he was the stromgest Titan in the Titan Army.