πρόξενος(πρόξενφος
IG 9(1).867 (Corc.,vii/vi B. C.)), Cret.πρόξηνος
GDI 5028
A 2 , 6 , Schwyzer 187
(ii B. C.), Ion.
πρόξεινος
Hdt. (v. infr.):ὁ(ἡ, when used of a woman,v.infr. 11 ):—
A. public ξένος, public guestorfriend,made so by an act of the State: Alexander 1 ofMacedon wasπ. καὶ εὐεργέτηςof Athens, 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
; esp. of persons representing the interests of a foreign state in their own community, Pl. Lg. 642b , etc.; opp.φιδιόξενος(q. v.), IG 9(1).333.11 ( Locr. ,v B. C.); ofπ.of Athens in other states, Pindar at Thebes, Isoc. 15.166 ; Thucydides at Pharsalus, Th. 8.92 ;π. τῆς πόλεως,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, D.S. 13.27 ; Thraso of Thebes, Aeschin. 3.138 ; ὅσους γέγραφε προξένους εἶναι καὶ Ἀθηναίους