Hyperbius

In Greek mythology, the name Hyperbius (Greek: Ὑπέρβιος) may refer to:

• Hyperbius, son of Oenops, a defender of Thebes against the Seven, appointed by Eteocles to defend the Oncaidian Gate against Hippomedon. He had an image of Zeus on his shield.^[1]

• Hyperbius, a son of Aegyptus, who married and was killed by the Danaid Celaeno,^[2] or by Eupheme.^[3]

• Hyperbius, a son of Ares, reputedly the first to have killed an animal.^[4]

• Hyperbius, an Athenian, brother of Agrolas or Euryalus. The two brothers were credited with inventing the technique of building with bricks, and with construction of the first brick houses in Athens,^[4] as well as of the wall around Acropolis.^[5]

• Hyperbius, a Corinthian credited with invention of the potter's wheel.^[4][6]

References

1. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 505 - 520
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 1. 5
3. Hyginus, Fabulae, 170
4. Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 7. 57
5. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 28. 3
6. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 13. 27c