Proxenoi

Pindar (; ; ; ) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is by far the greatest, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich exuberance of his language and matter, and his rolling flood of eloquence, characteristics which, as Horace rightly held, make him inimitable." His poems can also, however, seem difficult and even peculiar. The Athenian comic playwright Eupolis once remarked that they "are already reduced

Cimon or Kimon (; – 450BC) was an Athenian strategos (general and admiral) and politician.

ruler of Macedonia from c. 498 to 454 BC

king of Macedon

Spartan general

thumb|Inscription in honor of Abdashtart I|Straton, King of Sidon, giving him the title of proxenos: "Also Straton the king of Sidon shall be proxenos of the People of Athens, both himself and his descendants". [[Acropolis of Athens. This indicates that relations of proxeny existed not only among Greek cities but also with non-Greeks (Phoenicians in this case).]] thumb|Bronze plaque with inscription appointing an Athenian citizen to Proxenos, from Palaeopolis in ancient Corcyra, Greece, 4th Century BC, British Museum Proxeny or ' () in ancient Greece was an arrangement whereby a citizen (chose

4th-century BC Athenian aristocrat and politician

ancient Greek Proxenos

Aristocreon (; fl. 200 BC) was a Stoic philosopher and the nephew of Chrysippus.

4th-century BC ruler of Pelagonia

4th century BC Thessalian statesman