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)
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