Hiero or hieron (; , "holy place" or "sacred place") is an ancient Greek shrine, Ancient Greek temple, temple, or temenos, 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), ''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

People

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