Niketas Ooryphas

Niketas Oöryphas
Ooryphas punishing Saracen captives from Crete from the 12th century Madrid Skylitzes
Allegiance	Byzantine Empire
Rank	droungarios tou ploïmou
Battles / wars	Byzantine–Arab Wars

Niketas Oryphas or Oöryphas (Greek: Νικήτας ὁ Ὀρύφας or Ὠορυφᾶς, fl. 860–873)^[1] was a distinguished Byzantine official, patrikios,^[2] 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.