Hiero

Hiero or hieron (ἱερόν, "holy place") is a 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 Avsarkale in Turkey and Catholic titular see Hieron

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), a 5th-century BC potter associated with Makron (vase painter)

Modern

 * Hiero., the author abbreviation for botanist Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus
 * 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 in the Austro-Hungarian empire from the early 1910s, such as the Hiero E
 * Hieroglyphics (group), a hip-hop group
 * Hiéron du Val d'Or, a French Catholic esoteric society