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  "summary": "Titan son of Earth and Heaven and father of the three lights — Helios, Selene and Eos — by his sister Theia in Hesiod, or by Euryphaessa in the Homeric Hymn to Helios. In Homer the name is the Sun's own: \"Helios Hyperion\".",
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    "Who is Hyperion?",
    "Who are the children of Hyperion?",
    "Who is the wife of Hyperion?",
    "Is Hyperion the same as Helios?",
    "Is Hyperion a Titan?"
  ],
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      "text": "Hyperion is one of the Titans Earth bore to Heaven — \"Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus\" (Theog. 134); Apollodorus lists him third (Apollod. 1.1.3).",
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      "text": "In Hesiod his wife is his sister Theia: \"Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bore great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn) who shines upon all that are on earth\" (Theog. 371–374); Apollodorus has \"to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon\" (Apollod. 1.2.2).",
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      "text": "The Homeric Hymn to Helios names the mother differently: \"Hyperion wedded glorious Euryphaessa, his own sister, who bare him lovely children, rosy-armed Eos and rich-tressed Selene and tireless Helios\" (HH31 4–7). Same father, same three children, a different wife.",
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    },
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      "id": "c4",
      "text": "In Homer \"Hyperion\" is the Sun's own name: the cattle belong to \"Helios Hyperion\" (Od. 12.133, 263, 374), the rays are those of \"Helios Hyperion\" (Il. 8.480), and Lampetie brings her tidings \"to Helios Hyperion\" (Od. 12.374). Hesiod's Circe is \"daughter of Helius, Hyperion's son\" (Theog. 1011) — father in Hesiod, epithet in Homer.",
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    "Father of Sun, Moon and Dawn in every witness (Theog. 371–374; HH31 4–7; Apollod. 1.2.2).",
    "The mother is Theia in Hesiod and Apollodorus, Euryphaessa in the Hymn.",
    "Homer's \"Helios Hyperion\" is one god, not father and son."
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      "q": "Who are the children of Hyperion?",
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    },
    {
      "q": "Is Hyperion the same as Helios?",
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    },
    {
      "q": "Is Hyperion a Titan?",
      "claim": "c1"
    }
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  "winning_edge": "Explains why \"Hyperion\" can mean a Titan or the Sun by citing the texts where it does each, and records the two names of his wife.",
  "confidence": 0.93,
  "last_verified": "2026-09-03",
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