Hiero or hieron (; , "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 Ptolemy's name for Carnsore Point, in Ireland.
See also
Hiera (disambiguation) Hieros (disambiguation)