Heliodorus

Heliodorus is a Greek name meaning "Gift of the Sun". 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 c. 175 BC. Heliodorus of Athens an ancient author who wrote fifteen books on the Acropolis of Athens, possibly about 150 BC. Heliodorus (ambassador), 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 Phoenician author of the novel Aethiopica Heliodorus (sophist) a 3rd century sophist from Arabia Petraea. Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai (died 344), a Syrian bishop and martyr. Heliodorus of Altino (died 390), the 4th-century Christian saint. Heliodorus of Alexandria the 5th-century Neoplatonist philosopher, and brother of Ammonius Hermiae. Heliodorus (6th-century philosopher), an author of a work entitled Commentary. Heliodorus of Catania, the 8th-century necromancer and witchdoctor from Catania

==See also== Sergei Trufanov (1880–1952), known as Heliodorus or Iliodor, associate and rival of Rasputin Heliodor Píka (1897–1949), a Czechoslovak army officer Heliodorus pillar, 2nd-century BC column in Vidisha, India Heliodorus stele, 2nd-century BC stele from Maresha, Israel Heliodora (disambiguation)