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  1. 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 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 author of the novel Aethiopica Heliodorus (sophist) a 3rd century sophist from Arabia Petraea 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 (6th-century philosopher), author of a work entitled Commentary Heliodorus of Catania, 8th-century necromancer and witchdoctor from Catania

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  1. Heliodorus

    the most noted and earliest of the Greek romancists, born at Emesa, Syria; flourished in the second half of the 3rd century A.D.; his romance "Æthiopica" is a love tale of great beauty and told with naïve simplicity; has had considerable influence over subsequent romance writers, e. g. Tasso.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Heliodorus in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Heliodorus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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