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Proxeny or
proxenia (Gr****: προξενία) in
ancient Greece was an
arrangement whereby a
citizen (chosen by the city)
hosted foreign amb****adors at his own...
- In city-states
belonging to a
league or commonwealth, the
granting of
proxenia (i.e. the
hosting of
foreign amb****adors) was
usually a
right shared by...
- League. A very
large class of
inscriptions deals with the
institution of
proxenia.
According to this a
citizen of any
State might be
appointed proxenos of...
- In city-states
belonging to a
league or commonwealth, the
granting of
proxenia (i.e. the
hosting of
foreign amb****adors) was
usually a
right shared by...
-
member cities continued to mint
their own coins), and the
right to
grant proxenia. The
League was
headed by an
official called hegemon,
whose name featured...
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individuals and to be
combined with
other privileges, such as
prothysia and
proxenia. On the base of the
Sphinx of the
Naxians in Delphi,
there is an inscription...
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offered a
joint dedication to
Apollo Pythios. It also
appears in a
decree of
proxenia of the year 178 BCE in an
inscription at Gonnus. Its
location has been...
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benefactors the
citizenship for each of its members, as well as the
rights of
proxenia, prosodos, and asylia. In effect, this
arrangement meant that "citizens...
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Delphians in late 4th
century BC. As the
inscription says: "the
Delphians gave
proxenia,
euergesia (benefaction),
promanteia (priority in
consulting the oracle)...
- "benefactor" of the city of
Olous in
Crete he
received honorary citizenship (
proxenia); he had
probably been
there on a
diplomatic mission with
about eight men...
