Heliodorus

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Heliodorus /ˌhiːliəˈdɔərəs/ is a Greek name meaning "Gift of the Sun".

Persons

Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are:

Heliodorus (minister) a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator ca. 175 BC

Heliodorus of Athens ancient author who wrote fifteen books on the Acropolis of Athens, possibly about 150 BC

Heliodorus (votive erector), a Greek ambassador who erected famous votive Heliodorus pillar around 110 BC near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India

Heliodorus (metrist) a metrist in the 1st century who did work on the comedies of Aristophanes

Heliodorus (surgeon) a surgeon in the 1st century, probably from Egypt, and mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal

Gaius Avidius Heliodorus, 2nd century secretarius ab epistolis and Prefect of Egypt

Heliodorus of Larissa, c. 3rd century, author of an extant treatise on optics

Heliodorus of Emesa, 3rd-century author of the novel Aethiopica

Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai (died 344), Syrian bishop and martyr.

Heliodorus of Altino (died 390), 4th-century Christian saint

Heliodorus of Alexandria 5th-century Neoplatonist philosopher, and brother of Ammonius Hermiae

Heliodorus (philosopher), a 6th-century philosopher, author of a work entitled Commentary

Heliodorus of Catania, 8th-century necromancer and witchdoctor from Catania

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