Hiero or hieron (; grc, ἱερόν, link=no, "holy place") is a

shrine A shrine ( la, scrinium "case or chest for books or papers"; Old French: ''escrin'' "box or case") is a sacred or holy sacred space, space dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor worship, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, Daemon (mythology), daem ...

temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...

, or

temple precinct A religious or sacred precinct is the area around a religious site, such as a temple, that is dedicated to religious purposes. A religious precinct may be defined by a physical enclosure, although this is not always the case. Religious precincts ...

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) Hiero or hieron (; grc, ἱερόν, "holy place") is a holy 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 Avs ...

, a 5th-century BC potter associated with

Makron (vase painter) Makron was an ancient Greek vase painter active in Athens ca. 490–480 BC. Though only one signed example of his work is known to have survived, some 350 vases have been attributed to him by Sir John Beazley, making him one of the best survivin ...

Modern

* Hiero., the author abbreviation for botanist

Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846–1921) was a European botanist of German extraction. He was born in Silesia and died in Berlin. He began his career as a medical student in Zürich and Bern from 1868 to 1870, but became interested in ...

* 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 Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two ...

in the Austro-Hungarian empire from the early 1910s, such as the

Hiero E In 1914 Otto Hieronimus manufactured the six-cylinder Hiero E, also known as the Hiero 6 engine which was derived from earlier 4-cylinder engines. The Hiero engine like the Austro-Daimler powered many of Austria's World War I aircraft. Hiero air ...

Hieroglyphics (group) Hieroglyphics, also known as the Hieroglyphics Crew and Hiero, is an American underground hip hop collective based in Oakland, California. The collective was founded in the early- 1990s by rapper Del the Funky Homosapien. The collective is curr ...

, a hip-hop group *

Hiéron du Val d'Or The ''Hiéron du Val d'Or'' (English: "Sanctuary of the Golden Valley") was a Catholic esoteric secret society in France, which existed from 1873 until 1926. It was founded by a Jesuit Victor Drevon and the half-Basque, half-Russian Alexis de Sar ...