Yakadaidzwa metics kune vatorwa vanogara muAtene, mu Girisi yekare. Pamusoro pavo pakawa zvakawanda zvezvisungo zvevagari. Vaifanira kushanda muchiuto kana muzvikwata; bhadhara mutero mukuru, pamusoro pezvo, mutero unokosha unonzi metoikión. Vakakurumbira kwazvo vatorwa vakagamuchira rukudzo, mibairo, sekusabhadhara mutero. MaMetics ndiwo aive chinhu chakatariswa zvakanyanya, nekuti aigadzira kirasi yakawanda yevanopfuura zviuru makumi mashanu, vakapfuma uye vane tsika. Vagari vePiraeus, vakaumbwa zvakanyanya ne metics. Vatorwa vaisatenderwa kugara muSparta. Vakaita purofiti yakawanda muindasitiri, kutengeserana, vachidonongodza nyaya yeMetec akapfuma kwazvo aive nevaranda vanopfuura mazana matanhatu vaishanda vega mumigodhi yesirivheri yeLaurión. Asi, hupfumi hwavo, kana tsika, kana kugara kwavo kwenguva refu muAtica hakuna kuvabvumidza kuwana kodzero dzezvematongerwo enyika, nekuti kuva mugari wemo kwaive kugarwa nhaka, chete muzviitiko zvakasarudzika gungano reAtene rakapa Metecos mukana wekuva mugari wenyika. Vagari vakaumba vashoma vevagari. Pakati pezana ramakore rechishanu BC, hukama hwenhamba pakati pemapoka matatu enharaunda hwaive hunotevera, vaAtene zana nemakumi mashanu, metics Zviuru makumi mashanu, varanda zana nemakumi maviri. Kana zvichinzi maAtene zana nemakumi mashanu, vakadzi nevana vanobatanidzwa, izvo zvinoderedza huwandu chaihwo hwevagari kusvika kune chetatu, sezvo vakadzi vasina kutora chikamu muhupenyu hwezvematongerwo enyika, vaive vakaganhurirwa kumba, vaive nesimba rakanangana. Themistocles, Akaudza mwanakomana wake uye akapfupikisa hupenyu hwevakadzi seizvi, "Iwe ndiwe unonyanya kukosha hunhu muguta, nekuti ndinotonga Atene, amai vako vanondituma uye iwe unotuma mai vako."