Orophernes II

Orophernes II (c.320): son of Ariararathes IV, king of Cappadocia.

Son of Ariarathes IV and Antiochis (daughter of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III)

In 163, Ariarathes V Philopator succeeded his father.
The Seleucid ruler Demetrius I Soter proposed to renew marriage ties, which Ariarathes refused to marry Demetrius' sister.
Demetrius now supported an insurrection by Ariarathes' brother Orophernes.
The Roman Senate ordered the two dynasts to split the kingdom, but in 158, Ariarathes V was restored by king Attalus II Philadelphus
Orophernes fled to the Seleucid Empire and was imprisoned
He may be the man behind the Holophernes mentioned in the Biblical book Judith.

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