English
Etymology
From Greek Ï�Ï�ο- (pro - for) + ξÎνοÏ� (xenos - stranger).
Noun
proxeny
- in Ancient Greece, an arangment whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state.
#: If there be near me now a man of the Achaians who dwelleth far up the Ionian sea, he shall not upbraid me : I have faith in my proxeny[...] -- Pindarus.
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