Hyperion

Hyperion is the name of a Greek Titan (pre-deity), see Hyperion (mythology)

• in origin a byname of the Sun, see Helios

Hyperion may also refer to:

Animals and plants

• Hyperion (genus), a genus of beetles in the Carabidae family
• Hyperion (horse) (1930–1960), British bred Thoroughbred, a dual classic winner and an outstanding sire
• Hyperion (tree), the name of a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in Northern California that was measured at 115.61 metres (379.3 ft), which ranks it as the world's tallest known living tree

Astronomy and geography

• Hyperion (moon), a small moon of the planet Saturn
• Hyperion, California
• Hyperion Hotel, a setting for the TV series Angel
• Hyperion Theater, a theater at the Disney California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, California
• Hyperion sewage treatment plant, Los Angeles' oldest and largest wastewater treatment facility, located in Playa del Rey, California

Art

• Hyperion, a sculpture created by Angela Laich after the main character of the Friedrich Hölderlin novel

Books

• "Hyperion" (poem), by John Keats
• Hyperion (Hölderlin novel), a 1799 book by Friedrich Hölderlin
• Hyperion (Longfellow novel), an 1839 book by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Hyperion (Simmons novel), the first in a series of novels by Dan Simmons
  • Hyperion Cantos, the series of novels
• Hyperion (magazine), a literary journal
• Hyperion Books, a book publisher
• Disney Publishing Worldwide Hyperion for Children, a book publisher

Comics

• Hyperion (comics), the name of several characters in the Marvel Comics universe
• Hyperion (Supreme Power), a character in the Squadron Supreme superhero team
• Emperor Hyperion, chief of the alien villains race in the Anime Gekiganger III series

Companies

• Hyperion Pictures, a film production company
• Hyperion Power Generation, a nuclear power company
• Hyperion Records, an independent British classical music label

Computing

• Hyperion (computer), an early portable computer
• Hyperion Entertainment, a computer game producer
• Hyperion Solutions, a business software company owned by Oracle
• Hyperion, a RuneScape Emulator by Graham Edgecombe
• Hyperion, an IRC daemon previously used by the Freenode IRC network
• Hyperion, a hyperspectral imaging spectrometer on the NASA Earth Observing-1 satellite

Ships

• Hyperion (yacht), the name of a 155.5-foot (47.4 m) sailing yacht built by the Royal Huisman in the Netherlands in 1998 and designed by German Frers
• HMS Hyperion, the name of several Royal Navy ships

Video games

• Hyperion (StarCraft), the flagship of Jim Raynor
• Hyperion Corporation, an organization in the Borderlands video game series
• Hyperion, a Gallente battleship in Eve Online
• Hyperion (Legend of the Galactic Heroes), the flagship of Yang Wen-li
• Hyperion, a ship in the series Skyland
• Hyperion, an airship in the novel Skybreaker
• Hyperion airship, an airship in the film Island at the Top of the World
• Hyperion-class heavy cruiser (Babylon 5)
• EAS Hyperion, a starship in the Hyperion class
• Hyperion UCS Mk.XII, a military satellite from the video game Einhänder
• Hyperion, Seifer's gunblade in Final Fantasy VIII
• Hyperion, a military spaceship in X-Universe video game series, X3 Reunion, X3 Terran Conflict & X3 Albion Prelude by Egosoft
• CAT X-1 Hyperion Unit 1, a Mobile Suit from the manga series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray
• Montgomery Hyperion and Montgomery Hyperion Rattler, are two cars from Burnout Paradise

Music

• Hyperion (Krallice EP)
• Hyperion (Manticora album)
• Hyperion (Marilyn Crispell album)

Car

• Rolls-Royce Hyperion, an expensive car