Niketas Ooryphas

Niketas Oöryphas
Ooryphas punishing Saracen captives from Crete from the 12th century Madrid Skylitzes
AllegianceByzantine Empire
Rankdroungarios tou ploïmou
Battles / warsByzantine–Arab Wars

Niketas Oryphas or Oöryphas (Ancient Greek: Νικήτας ὁ Ὀρύφας or Ὠορυφᾶς, fl. 860–873) was a distinguished Byzantine official, patrikios, and admiral under the Byzantine emperors Michael III (r. 842–867) and Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867–886), who achieved several naval victories against the Cretan Saracen raiders.

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