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|Definition=([[πρόξενϝος]] ''IG''9(1).867 (Corc., vii/vi B. C.)), Cret. [[πρόξηνος]] ''GDI'' 5028 ''A''2,6, ''Schwyzer''187 (ii B. C.), Ion. [[πρόξεινος]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] (v. infr.): ὁ (ἡ, when used of a woman, v. infr. ''ΙΙ''):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[public]] [[ξένος]], [[public guest]] or [[friend]], made so by an act of the State: Alexander ''1'' of [[Macedon]] was πρόξενος καὶ [[εὐεργέτης]] of [[Athens]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.136, cf. 143; πρόξενοι ἀμφικτιόνων Pi.''I.''4(3).8; εἶναι πρόξενον τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Ἀθηναίων Στράτωνα τὸν Σιδῶνος βασιλέα καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκγόνους ''IG''22.141.9; πρόξενοι καὶ πολῖται Lys.28.1; especially of persons representing the interests of a foreign state in their own community, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''642b, etc.; opp. [[ϝιδιόξενος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), ''IG''9(1).333.11 (Locr., v B. C.); of πρόξενος of Athens in other states, Pindar at Thebes, Isoc.15.166; Thucydides at Pharsalus, Th.8.92; <b class="b3">π. τῆς πόλεως</b>, i.e. of Athens at Mytilene, Arist.''Pol.'' 1304a10; of other states at [[Athens]], Cimon and Callias of Sparta, And.3.3, X.''HG''5.4.22; Nicias of Syracuse, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]13.27; Thraso of Thebes, Aeschin.3.138; ὅσους γέγραφε προξένους εἶναι καὶ Ἀθηναίους Din.1.45; of other states at Sparta, e.g. Lichas of Argos, Th.5.76; Clearchus of Byzantium, X.''HG''1.1.35; π. of [[barbarian]] communities and [[ruler]]s, Id.''An.''5.4.2, 5.6.11; sometimes the [[function]] was exercised by a [[community]], εἶμεν τὰν πόλιν τῶν Δελφῶν πρόξενον τᾶς πόλιος τᾶς Σαρδιανῶν.. διὰ τὸ μὴ ὑπάρχειν πρόξενον Σαρδιανοῖς ''SIG''548.10 (Delph., iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> later, of [[patron]]s or [[representative]]s of [[guild]]s, e.g. the <b class="b3">σύνοδος τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ξενίου</b> at [[Athens]], ''IG''22.1012.18, cf.7.2486 (Thebes), 14.615 (Rhegium).<br><span class="bld">2</span> at Sparta, officials appointed by the Kings to [[entertain]] [[foreign]] [[guest]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.57; also at Delphi, of persons extending public [[hospitality]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 551,1039, ''Andr.''1103; so in [[Nephelococcygia]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1021.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in plural, [[witness]]es to a [[will]], ''IG''14.636 (Petelia).<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[patron]], [[protector]], A.''Supp.''420 (lyr.), al., Ar.''Th.''602; <b class="b3">φίλης γὰρ προξένου κατήνυσαν</b> at the [[house]] of a kind [[patroness]], i.e. [[Clytaemnestra]], S.''El.''1451; προξένῳ χρῆσθαί τινι E.''Fr.''721.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adj., [[assisting]], [[relieving]], c. gen., Alciphr.3.72.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[causing]], [[producing]], κακῶν, συμπτωμάτων, νόσων, Ruf.''Fr.''64, Olymp.''in Mete.''3.21, Sch.Ar.''Nu.''243.