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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hyperion

/hīp-ĭr'-ē-ən/ · Hy·pe·ri·on · IPA /haɪˈpɪəɹi.ən/
01 n. The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.
  1. 1.
    The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.(Class Myth.)
    “So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr.” Shak.