Wikipedia / Hyginus
Wikipedia / Hyginus
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. It is disputed whether this author was the same person as the author of the Fabulae.
Gaius Julius Hyginus ( 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 ( 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 uses
Hyginus, a crater on the Moon
See also