Person
Orophernes of Cappadocia
King of Capadocia
Orophernes Nicephorus is one of the two false sons whom Antiochus imposes upon her husband, Ariarathes IV, king of Cappadocia.
On the birth, however, of a real son, named Mithradates (afterwards Ariarathes V), Orophernes, so that he might not set up pretensions to the throne, is sent away into Ionia.
When Ariarathes V refuses to marry the sister of Demetrius I Soter, king of Syria, the king supports the claims of Orophernes to the crown of Cappadocia.