Hyperion

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Hyperion was a Titan from the Greek mythology.

Hyperion may also refer to:

In science:

• Hyperion (moon), a moon of Saturn

In technology:

• Hyperion (computer), a Canadian computer from the 1980s
• Hyperion (instrument), an instrument on board the EO-1 satellite.
• Hyperion sewage treatment plant, a large Los Angeles sewage treatment plant

In literature:

• Hyperion (poem), an unfinished epic poem by John Keats
• Hyperion (Longfellow), a book by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Hyperion (Hölderlin), a novel by Friedrich Hölderlin
• Hyperion (journal), a short-lived 1908 German literary journal
• Hyperion (novel), a science fiction novel by Dan Simmons, in his Hyperion Cantos series

In music:

• Hyperion (album), an album by power metal band Manticora
• Hyperion Records, a classical record label
• Hyperion, a psychadelic trance DJ

In television:

• Hyperion class (Babylon 5), a class of heavy cruisers in the Babylon 5 universe
• Hyperion Hotel, an office in the Angel TV series.
• Hyperion, an alien planet on seaQuest DSV, site of the seaQuest's destruction.

In computer games:

• Hyperion Entertainment, a games software maker
• Hyperion (StarCraft), a battlecruiser in the StarCraft universe

In popular culture:

• Hyperion (comics), various Marvel Comics characters
• Hyperion (Supreme Power), one such Marvel Comics character
• Emperor Hyperion, a villain in the Gekigangar 3
• Hyperion, Seifer Almasy's gunblade
• CAT1-X Hyperion Gundam series, a fictional weapon

Organizations:

• Hyperion Solutions Corporation, a business software maker
• Hyperion (publisher), a book publishing division of Disney Corporation

Other:

• HMS Hyperion (H97) (1936-1940), a British warship
• Hyperion (horse), a British racehorse.
• Hyperion (tree), a redwood tree that is the tallest living tree.