Hiero

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

Hiero may also refer to:

People

• Hiero I of Syracuse, tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily from 478 to 467 BC
• Hiero II of Syracuse, tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily from 275 to 215 BC
• Hieron (potter), a 5th-century BC potter associated with Makron (vase painter)
• Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (author abbrev.: Hiero.) (1846–1921), German botanist
• Jay Hieron (born 1976), American mixed martial artist

Arts and entertainment

• Hiero (Xenophon), a dialogue by Xenophon
• Hiero Desteen, the protagonist and titular character of the novels Hiero's Journey and The Unforsaken Hiero

Other uses

• Hieron (Caria), an ancient city and former bishopric Caria, Anatolia, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see Hieron
• A series of aircraft engines designed and manufactured by Otto Hieronimus, such as the Hiero 6
• Hieroglyphics (group), also known as Hiero, an American hip-hop group
• Hiéron du Val d'Or, a French esoteric Catholic secret society
• Hiero (project), an open-source distributed ledger technology

See also

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