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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) a public foreigner, public guest or friend, made so by an act of the state
 * 2) in ancient inscriptions the  seems to be a public officer who had to do with registration of wills
 * 3) a patron, protector
 * 4)  assisting, relieving
 * 1) in ancient inscriptions the  seems to be a public officer who had to do with registration of wills
 * 2) a patron, protector
 * 3)  assisting, relieving
 * 1)  assisting, relieving

Usage notes
The word expressed the same relation between a State and an individual of another State, that expressed between individuals of different States;, (but the relation between two States was also expressed by  (Hdt. 6.21). In time this relation assumed a formal, diplomatic character, and the enjoyed his privileges under the condition of entertaining and assisting the ambassadors and citizens of the State which he represented, so that the  answered pretty nearly to our Consuls, Agents, Residents, though the  was always a member of the foreign State. The office was at first probably self-chosen (compare  Thuc. 3. 70), but soon became matter of appointment : the was bound so to identify himself with the people he represented, that their country became to him a second country. Plat. Legg. 642 B. At Athens and in other Greek States, every State chose its own ; at Sparta the  were appointed by the Kings (Hdt. 6. 57) or by the People (C. I. 1335, Diog. L. 2. 51). As examples of Athenian in foreign states, we find Pindar at Thebes, Thucydides at Pharsalus, Doxander at Mytilene, Isocr. Antid. § 179 = 166, Thuc. 8. 92, Arist. Pol. 5. 4, 6 ; compare Thuc. 2. 29., 3. 2, Aeschin. 90. 23, etc.; as Spartan  at Athens, Cimon, Alcibiades and Callias, Andoc. 23. 43, Thuc. 5. 43., 6. 89, Xen. Hell. 5. 4, 22 ; so, at Athens, Nicias was  of Syracuse, Diod. 13. 27; Demosthenes and Thraso of Thebes, Aeschin. 46. 42 sq., 73. 20 ; at Sparta, Lichas was  of Argos, Thuc. 5. 76; Pharax of Boeotia, Xen. Hell. 4. 5, 6 ; Clearchus of Byzantium, lb. i. 1, 35 ; Polydamas of Thessaly, lb. 6. 1, 4. Tyrants also and barbarian States had their, compare Id. An. 5. 4, 2., 5. 6, 11. At Delphi there seems to have been a set of official , not attached to any special states, Eur. Ion 551, 1039, Andr. 1103; compare the  of Pind. N. 7. 63. The  sometimes was exercised by whole families and became an hereditary office, Thuc. 3. 2 and 85., 5. 43, Xen. Symp. 8, 39. The Athenian had (as we know) special privileges when they visited Athens, such as, , etc., Dem. 475. 10, Dinarch. 95. fin.—On their duties, v. Dem. 1237. 17, compare Herm. Pol. Ant. § n6. 4, Ulrich de Proxenia (Berl. 1832), Meier de Pr. (Hal. 1843).

Noun

 * 1)  consul

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) cause