The proxenos was usually a wealthy merchant who had socio-economic ties with another city and who helped its citizens when they were in trouble in his own city.
Proxenos ishte zakonisht një tregtar i pasur që kishte lidhje socio-ekonomike me një qytet tjetër dhe që ndihmonte qytetarët e saj kur ata ishin në telashe në qytetin e tij.