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

  • Pseudo-Hyginus (disambiguation)