The prōtokynēgos (Greek: πρωτοκυνηγός, "first huntsman") was a Byzantine court office and honorific title in the 13th–15th centuries, who was the chief huntsman of the Byzantine emperors. == History and functions == The office first appears in the 13th-century Empire of Nicaea, although it clearly had earlier antecedents; possibly the komēs tou kynēgiou (κόμης τοῡ κυνηγίου.
The prōtokynēgos (Greek: πρωτοκυνηγός, "first huntsman") was a Byzantine court office and honorific title in the 13th–15th centuries, who was the chief huntsman of the Byzantine emperors. == History and functions == The office first appears in the 13th-century Empire of Nicaea, although it clearly had earlier antecedents; possibly the komēs tou kynēgiou (κόμης τοῡ κυνηγίου.
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