Definition of Ooryphas. Meaning of Ooryphas. Synonyms of Ooryphas

- Cretan Saracen raiders. Nothing is known of Niketas Ooryphas's early life. Several people surnamed Ooryphas are recorded in sources during the first half of...
- the hands of the new Byzantine admiral, Niketas Ooryphas, at the Battle of Kardia. Shortly after, Ooryphas once again defeated the Cretans at the Gulf of...
- Thunderbolt: Niketas Ooryphas, Part II Did Niketas Drag His Fleet? The Ooryphas Saga, Part III The Most Excellent Strategem of Niketas Ooryphas (Part IV)...
- of Byzantine Emperor Basil I, who sent a fleet under Niketas Ooryphas in relief. Ooryphas' "showing of the flag" had swift results, as the Slavic tribes...
- ships, under the command of the experienced and capable patrikios Niketas Ooryphas. On learning of his approach from some deserters, the Saracens abandoned...
- leader Chrysocheir. c. 872/3 Battle of Kardia Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas defeats a fleet of Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios. c. 873 Battle...
- several of the Cyclades during these early years. Michael II's admiral Ooryphas managed to evict the Arabs from the Aegean islands, but failed to retake...
- century, Byzantine theologian, school of Photius, wrote on Islam Niketas Ooryphas (fl. 860 – 873), Byzantine official, patrician and admiral Niketas (son...
- Ooryphas defeats the Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios 873 or 879 – Battle of the Gulf of Corinth – Byzantine fleet under Niketas Ooryphas defeats...
- (according to the Annales Bertiniani), under the command of Admiral Niketas Ooryphas, to support Louis (who is besieging the city port of Bari) and to clear...