Hiero

Hiero or hieron (/ˈhaɪərɒn/; Ancient Greek: ἱερόν, lit. "holy place") is a shrine, temple, or temple precinct in ancient Greece.

Hiero may also refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

• Hieron, Caria, an ancient city and former bishopric in Asia Minor, now Avsarkale in Turkey and Catholic titular see Hieron

People

Ancient

• Hiero I, tyrant of Syracuse, Italy (478–467 BC)
  • Hiero (Xenophon), a dialogue by Xenophon about Hiero I
• Hiero II of Syracuse, tyrant of Syracuse (270–215 BC)
• Hieron (potter), a 5th-century BC potter associated with Makron (vase painter)

Modern

• Hiero., the author abbreviation for botanist Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus
• Jay Hieron (born 1976), an American professional mixed martial arts fighter

Fictional

• Hiero Desteen, protagonist of two post-apocalypse novels by Sterling E. Lanier (Hiero's Journey and The Unforsaken Hiero)

Other

• Any one of a number of Aero-engines built to the designs of Otto Hieronimus in the Austro-Hungarian empire from the early 1910s, such as the Hiero E
• Hieroglyphics (group), a hip-hop group
• Hiéron du Val d'Or, a French Catholic esoteric society

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Hiero
• All pages with titles containing Hiero
• Hieros (disambiguation)
• Hiro (disambiguation)
• Hero (disambiguation)