Talk:Hyperion (mythology)

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Contents 1 Comments 2 God of observation? I've not heard that before. 3 Theia is the Goddess of sight? 4 Hyperion in fiction, is it necessary on this page? 5 Hyperion's etymology

[edit] Comments

Poor old Hyperion. No one has come looking for you.But Hamlet kept yacking on about you so i did. G

• Hyperion was also the name of the main BattleCrusier in StarCraft :) Ghostalker

Put that on Hyperion rather than on this page. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 18:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The ARM planet on Total A is called Empyrian, not Hyperion. I don't feel proud about knowing this.

[edit] God of observation? I've not heard that before.

The article claims that Hyperion was regarded as the "god of observation" along with Theia as a "goddess of sight". I have not found any reference to this any any book on mythology or Greek religion that I own. I very much doubt that this is true. The Prime Source 22:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC)Dale

Maybe related to the etymology of his name, from Hyper- meaning "over"? As in "overseeing"? --Krsont 13:32, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Theia is the Goddess of sight?

I very much doubt that Theia was ever thought to be a goddess of sight in the ancient world and unless any evidence that this is the case is given then this statement should be removed. The Prime Source 20:18, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Dale

[edit] Hyperion in fiction, is it necessary on this page?

I think it has come to the point where this section is no longer necessary. Similar situations has arisen for many other pages on minor Greek deities where there has been some debate over whether a section should be included in the mythology article about fiction, or if this should be moved to the disambiguation page. In most of these cases the editors of the articles have decided to move the fictional references to the disambiguation page to make the article more focused and less cluttered. In this case I see no reason why not to do the same. Here is my reasoning:

• 1. Half of the items (8/16) in this section already have their own pages and appear on the disambiguation page.
• 2. Most of these references listed on this page seem to have minimal importance. For example, knowing that in Act 4, Scene 3 of Hamlet, Shakespeare referenced Hyperion does not provide any information about the play and is simply useless information. Writers make references to ancient deities like Hyperion all the time; this particular example is no exception. In this case it was probably included because of the renown associated with Shakespeare and Hamlet.
• 3. This section has essentially nothing to do with the Titan Hyperion, except that it was the namesake for these references.
• 4. Without this section the article would be more concise, encyclopedic and less cluttered.

I suggest two solutions to solve this problem:

• 1. Remove the entire "Fiction inspired by or connected to Hyperion" section
• 2. Move all the important and valuable references to the disambiguation page for

If there are no objections I will carry this out over the next week. Thanks, --France3470 02:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hyperion's etymology

Hyperion is related to the Greek root word "hyper", meaning "over", "above", or "excessive". The root word carried itself over into English as a prefix, and is seen in words such as "Hyperbole" (an over-statement), "Hyperactivity" (excessive amounts of energy), and "Hyperventilation" (overbreathing), among many others. This should probably be added to the article, especially because the article gives the impression that Hyperion has no purpose within Greek mythology or otherwise. 24.15.53.225 (talk) 05:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)