=Proxenia.=--Just as modern states appoint consuls in foreign countries in order that the interests of their citizens abroad may be protected, so the various Greek cities appointed their representatives in different foreign states. These representatives were chosen from the citizens of the town in which they acted, and their appointment was regarded as a special honour, carrying with it substantial privileges. The main functions of the _proxeni_ were those of dispensing hospitality to travellers and assisting them in cases of difficulty, and of receiving ambassadors arriving from the state which they represented. They were also expected generally to further that state's commercial interests. [Illustration: FIG. 2.--GRANT OF _proxenia_ TO DIONYSIOS (NO. 5). Ht. 12-7/8 in.] Two bronze tablets recording decrees of _proxenia_, passed by the people of Corcyra, are here exhibited. No. =5= (fig. 2), probably of the end of the fourth century B.C., records the grant of _proxenia_ to Dionysios, son of Phrynichos, an Athenian.[2] It mentions the date, the appointment, and the right of possessing land and house property in Corcyra, the last evidently a reward granted to the _proxenos_ for his services. No. =6= (fig. 3), of about 200 B.C., is a grant of _proxenia_ to Pausanias, son of Attalos, a citizen of Ambrakia.[3] He is accorded the usual honours, and the Treasurer is directed to provide the money for the engraving of the decree on bronze. Both these tablets were found in Corfu, the modern name of the ancient Corcyra. The persons appointed acted, of course, in Athens and Ambrakia respectively. [Illustration: FIG. 3.--GRANT OF _proxenia_ TO PAUSANIAS (NO. 6). Ht. 8-7/8 in.]