proxenyn.
/ˈprɒksᵻni/, U.S. /ˈprɑksəni/ Ancient Greek History.
The office or function of proxenus; the relation between a state and a proxenus representing another state.
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1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. 491/2 Privileges..not necessarily included in the proxeny.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. vi. 518 No multiplication of proxenies (or standing tickets of hospitality) between the important cities.
1890 Smith's Dict. Antiq. I. 979/1 The Delphian decree..conferring the proxeny on the Athenian priestess Chrysis.
1924 Classical Philol. 19 177 An inscription..records the bestowal of proxeny upon the physician Philotas, son of Nikon, from Amphissa, who had been living many years at Delphi.
1978 M. B. Walbank (title) Athenian proxenies of the fifth century B.C.
1997 S. Hornblower Comm. Thucydides ii. 277 Later Greek inscriptions..show that proxeny was conferred by the city represented.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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