Orophernes of Cappadocia
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Orophernes of Cappadocia was a 2nd-century BC claimant to the Cappadocian throne who briefly ruled with Seleucid support in opposition to the legitimate king Ariarathes V.
All labels observed (1)
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| Orophernes of Cappadocia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18312189 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orophernes of Cappadocia Context triple: [Ariarathes V of Cappadocia, opponent, Orophernes of Cappadocia]
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A.
Ariarathes III of Cappadocia
Ariarathes III of Cappadocia was a Hellenistic king who ruled the central Anatolian kingdom of Cappadocia in the 3rd century BCE as a member of the Ariarathid dynasty.
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B.
Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia was a 1st-century BC king of the Hellenistic kingdom of Cappadocia who ruled under significant Roman influence and intervention in Anatolian politics.
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C.
Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia was a 1st-century BC king who founded the Ariobarzanid dynasty and ruled Cappadocia under the shifting influence of the Roman Republic.
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D.
Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia was a Hellenistic king who ruled the kingdom of Cappadocia in central Anatolia during the 2nd century BCE as a member of the Ariarathid dynasty.
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E.
Ariarathes II of Cappadocia
Ariarathes II of Cappadocia was an early Hellenistic ruler who restored and consolidated the independence of Cappadocia following the fragmentation of Alexander the Great’s empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orophernes of Cappadocia Target entity description: Orophernes of Cappadocia was a 2nd-century BC claimant to the Cappadocian throne who briefly ruled with Seleucid support in opposition to the legitimate king Ariarathes V.
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A.
Ariarathes III of Cappadocia
Ariarathes III of Cappadocia was a Hellenistic king who ruled the central Anatolian kingdom of Cappadocia in the 3rd century BCE as a member of the Ariarathid dynasty.
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B.
Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia was a 1st-century BC king of the Hellenistic kingdom of Cappadocia who ruled under significant Roman influence and intervention in Anatolian politics.
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C.
Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia was a 1st-century BC king who founded the Ariobarzanid dynasty and ruled Cappadocia under the shifting influence of the Roman Republic.
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D.
Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia was a Hellenistic king who ruled the kingdom of Cappadocia in central Anatolia during the 2nd century BCE as a member of the Ariarathid dynasty.
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E.
Ariarathes II of Cappadocia
Ariarathes II of Cappadocia was an early Hellenistic ruler who restored and consolidated the independence of Cappadocia following the fragmentation of Alexander the Great’s empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.