Hyperbius

In Greek mythology, the name Hyperbius (Ancient Greek: Ὑπέρβιος Ὑpérvios means "of overwhelming strength") may refer to:

Hyperbius, son of Ares, reputedly the first to have killed an animal.[1]
Hyperbius, son of Aegyptus, who married and was killed by the Danaid Celaeno,[2] or by Eupheme.[3]
Hyperbius, son of Oenops, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes, appointed by Eteocles to defend the Oncaidian Gate against Hippomedon. He had an image of Zeus on his shield.[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,[1] as well as of the wall around Acropolis.[5]
Hyperbius, a Corinthian credited with invention of the potter's wheel.[1][6]

References

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

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