# Hiero

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'''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](/source/shrine), [temple](/source/Ancient_Greek_temple), or [temple precinct](/source/temenos).

'''Hiero''' may also refer to:
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== People ==
* [Hiero I of Syracuse](/source/Hiero_I_of_Syracuse), tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily from 478 to 467 BC
* [Hiero II of Syracuse](/source/Hiero_II_of_Syracuse), tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily from 275 to 215 BC
* [Hieron (potter)](/source/Hieron_(potter)), a 5th-century BC potter associated with [Makron (vase painter)](/source/Makron_(vase_painter))
* [Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus](/source/Georg_Hans_Emmo_Wolfgang_Hieronymus) (author abbrev.: Hiero.) (1846–1921), German botanist
* [Jay Hieron](/source/Jay_Hieron) (born 1976), American mixed martial artist

== Arts and entertainment ==
* [''Hiero'' (Xenophon)](/source/Hiero_(Xenophon)), a dialogue by Xenophon
* Hiero Desteen, the protagonist and titular character of the novels ''[Hiero's Journey](/source/Hiero's_Journey)'' and ''[The Unforsaken Hiero](/source/The_Unforsaken_Hiero)''

== Other uses ==
* [Hieron (Caria)](/source/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](/source/Hiero_6)
* [Hieroglyphics (group)](/source/Hieroglyphics_(group)), also known as Hiero, an American hip-hop group
* [Hiéron du Val d'Or](/source/Hi%C3%A9ron_du_Val_d'Or), a French esoteric Catholic secret society
* [Hiero (project)](/source/Hiero_(project)), an open-source distributed ledger technology

== See also ==
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* [Hiera (disambiguation)](/source/Hiera_(disambiguation))
* [Hieros (disambiguation)](/source/Hieros_(disambiguation))

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