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    Proxeny (redirect from Proxenia)
    Proxeny or proxenia (Greek: προξενία) in ancient Greece was an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own...
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    In city-states belonging to a league or commonwealth, the granting of proxenia (i.e. the hosting of foreign ambassadors) was usually a right shared by...
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    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...
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    In city-states belonging to a league or commonwealth, the granting of proxenia (i.e. the hosting of foreign ambassadors) was usually a right shared by...
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    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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  • Delphians in late 4th century BC. As the inscription says: "the Delphians gave proxenia, euergesia (benefaction), promanteia (priority in consulting the oracle)...
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  • attested by name in two cities, Itanus and Olus. He was honoured with the proxenia and the title of benefactor by both cities, as well as with the citizenship...
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  • "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...
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