{{wikt|ἱερόν|Ἱέρων}} '''Hiero''' or '''hieron''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|aɪər|ɒ|n}}; {{langx|grc|ἱερόν|link=no}}, {{lit.}} "holy place" or "sacred place") is an ancient Greek shrine, temple, or temple precinct.
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== 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 == * {{lookfrom}} * {{intitle}} * Hiera (disambiguation) * Hieros (disambiguation)
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