Luke has Zechariah ministering not merely at the hieron, the temple complex, but in the naos, the inner sanctuary of the temple restricted to the priests. |
We should not go far astray in speaking of the hieron as an ancient Carlsbad as well as an ancient Lourdes. |
He recalls to my memory the ship that hieron of Syracuse gave to Ptolemy, wonderful for its size. |
He removed to Syracuse, where at the court of hieron he spent the remainder of his life. |
But while the city has perished, the hieron has, in a certain sense, come to life again. |
The tyranny of hieron, brother of Gelon, begins at Syracuse. |