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Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are:- Heliodorus (minister)Heliodorus (minister)Heliodorus was a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator ca. [187 BC - 175 BC]. According to some sources he is said to have assassinated Seleucus.-Biblical background:...
a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator ca. 175 BC - Heliodorus of AthensHeliodorus of AthensHeliodorus of Athens was an ancient author who wrote fifteen books on the Acropolis of Athens, possibly about 150 BC...
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)Heliodorus (metrist)Heliodorus was a metrist in the 1st century AD who worked upon the comedies of Aristophanes. He was the principal authority used by Juba of Mauretania....
a metrist in the 1st century who did work on the comedies of Aristophanes - Heliodorus (surgeon)Heliodorus (surgeon)Heliodorus was a surgeon in the 1st century AD, probably from Egypt, and mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal. This Heliodorus wrote several books on medical technique which have survived in fragments and in the works of Oreibasius....
a surgeon in the 1st century, probably from Egypt, and mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal - Gaius Avidius HeliodorusGaius Avidius HeliodorusGaius Avidius Heliodorus was a Roman politician and a noted Orator.He was of Greek origin and became Secretarius ab epistolis under Hadrian and Praefectus of Egypt between 137 and 142 or between 138 and 140....
, 2nd century secretarius ab epistolis and Prefect of Egypt - Heliodorus of LarissaHeliodorus of LarissaHeliodorus of Larissa was a Greek mathematician, and the author of a short treatise on optics which is still extant.Nothing is known about the life of Heliodorus. He was a native of Larissa, and he must have lived after the time of Claudius Ptolemy, whom he quotes. His short treatise on optics is...
, c. 3rd century, author of an extant treatise on optics
- Heliodorus of EmesaHeliodorus of EmesaHeliodorus of Emesa, from Emesa, Syria, was a Greek writer generally dated to the third century AD who is known for the ancient Greek novel or romance called the Aethiopica or sometimes "Theagenes and Chariclea"....
, 3rd century author of the novel Aethiopica - Heliodorus of AltinoHeliodorus of AltinoSaint Heliodorus was the first bishop of Altinum in the 4th century. He was born at Dalmatia. Like Chromatius, he was a disciple of Valerianus, the bishop of Aquileia....
(died 390), 4th century Christian saint - Heliodorus of AlexandriaHeliodorus of AlexandriaHeliodorus of Alexandria was a Neoplatonist philosopher who lived in the 5th century. He was the son of Hermias and Aedesia, and the younger brother of Ammonius. His father, Hermias, died when he was young, and his mother, Aedesia, raised him and his brother in their home city of Alexandria until...
5th century Neoplatonist philosopher, and brother of Ammonius Hermiae - Heliodorus (philosopher)Heliodorus (philosopher)Heliodorus is cited as the author of a work titled Commentary , which has been preserved, on the Introduction or Rudiments of Paulus Alexandrinus, the 4th century Alexandrian astrologer. The name "Heliodorus" appears only on the later of two groups of manuscripts, and so is somewhat doubtful...
, a 6th century philosopher, author of a work entitled Commentary - Heliodorus of CataniaHeliodorus of CataniaHeliodorus of Catania is a demi-legendary personage accused by his coevals of being a necromancer addicted to witchcraft.Son of a noble Sicilian family, he at first professed his Christianity, and he was even a candidate to assume the Episcopal Diocese of Catania...
, 8th century necromancer and witchdoctor from Catania