Hyperion conspired with his brothers and Gaea , who was angry at the imprisonment of her children, to overthrow him. When Uranus went to visit their mother, Hyperion, Crius, Coeus and Iapetus went to the four corners of the earth: Hyperion to the east; Crius to the south; Coeus to the north and Iapetus to the west. They held their parents apart and set upon their father.
They held him while their other brother, Cronus , castrated him with a sickle Gaea had made. The Gigantes, Meliae, Erinyes and in time, Aphrodite, sprang from the blood of this mutilation. The Titans then dragged Uranus down to Tartarus and chained him there, but Uranus cursed Cronus and told him he too would be overthrown by his children. The Titans reigned long enough to give birth to other Titans. Because the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires were the children of Gaea and Uranus, they were the full brothers of Hyperion and the Titans.
The Hecatoncheires had fifty heads and one hundred hands. These were the Olympians. He ate all of them but Zeus , who was hidden away by his mother. When Zeus was old enough, he pretended to be a servant boy and gave Cronus a drink that made him vomit up the other children.
Eventually, the Olympians overthrew the Titans in a terrible, decade long war called the Titanomachy. In some stories, Hyperion does not seem to have played much of a role in this war, though he supported the Titans who fought against their nieces and nephews. In other stories, he led the fight when Cronos was defeated and fought valiantly, even though the Titans still went down to defeat.
When the war was over, Hyperion and the other Titans were cast again into Tartarus, where they were once more guarded by the Hecatoncheires, who had sided with the Olympians. While Hyperion and the other Titans languished in Tartarus, their roles in ruling the cosmos were taken over by the Olympians, including Zeus, Hera , Demeter , Hades and Poseidon.
Another Hyperion Gate links the chambers of Aphrodite and her husband Hephaestus' forge, though it was rarely used. Hyperion is revealed once more to have had control of the Sun in the past, forging a spear in the Sun's core that could bear the weight of the cosmos. Curiously, Ouranos 's name is mentioned in the mentioned spear's attack section.
God of War Wiki Explore. God of War Greek Mythology. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? It is only known that he sided with his brothers and fellow Titans against younger Olympians. And that he was in the end, after losing the war, imprisoned in Tartarus with his brothers and relatives. However, according to Aeschylus' lost play , he was later released by Zeus from Tartarus with the rest of the titans.
Feel free to share with your friends:. He was eventually beaten by Poseidon and cast into Tartarus. After the Titanomachy, Zeus sent Hyperion into the pit of Tartarus along with his brothers.
In some myths, Hyperion and his brothers were eventually released from their eternal imprisonment. Hyperion and all of his brothers were seen as ancient gods that were responsible for the creation of man, each titan bestowing a quality on mankind.
Hyperion was assumed to have given man the gift of sight because his name actually means "he who watches from above". Hyperion's wife, Theia , was also the Titaness of sight so it made sense that they would give mankind that gift. Another things that made the Greeks think that Hyperion and Theia gave this gift is because they believed that eyes emitted a small beam of light that allowed them to see.
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