HYPERION, in Greek mythology, one of the Titans, son of Uranus and Ge, and father of Helios, the sun-god (Hesiod, T Iteog., 134, 371). The name is often used as an epithet of Helios, who is himself sometimes called simply Hyperion. Its meaning may be "son of Hyperos"; i.e., of him who is above (heaven).