Hyginus

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Hyginus may refer to:

People

  • Hyginus, the author of the Fabulae, an important ancient Latin source for Greek mythology.
  • Hyginus, the author of the Astronomia, a popular ancient Latin guide on astronomy, probably the same as the author of the Fabulae.
  • Gaius Julius Hyginus ({{c.}} 64 BC–17 AD), a learned freedman of Augustus, librarian of the Palatine library, and reputed author of the Fabulae and the Astronomia, although this is disputed.
  • Hyginus Gromaticus ({{fl.}} 98–117), Roman surveyor
  • Pope Hyginus (died 142), Greek saint and bishop of Rome
  • Hyginus of Córdoba, 4th-century bishop and opponent of Priscillian

Other

See also

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