Kwabizwa metocos kubantu bamanye amazwe abalawulwa eAthene, e IGrisi yakudala. Kubo kwawa uninzi lweembopheleleko zabemi. Kwakufuneka basebenze emkhosini okanye kwizithuthi; hlawula irhafu ngokubanzi, ukongeza, irhafu ekhethekileyo ebizwa ngokuba yi-metoikión. Abaphambukeli abadumileyo bafumene amawonga, amabhaso, njengokungahlawuli irhafu. IiMetecos, beziqwalaselwe kakhulu, kuba, zenza iklasi ezininzi ngaphezulu kwama-50.000, XNUMX, zityebile kwaye zikhulile. Abemi bakaPiraeus, babhalwa ikakhulu metocos. Abaphambukeli babengavunyelwe ukuhlala eSparta. Benza inzuzo enkulu kumzi mveliso, urhwebo, becaphula ityala le-Metec esisityebi kakhulu eyayinamakhoboka angaphezulu kwama-600 awayesebenza, eyedwa, kwimigodi yesilivere yaseLaurión. Kodwa ubutyebi babo, inkcubeko yabo, kunye nokuhlala kwabo ixesha elide e-Attica akuzange kubavumele ukuba bafumane amalungelo ezopolitiko, kuba ubumi babuzuzwe ilifa; Abemi babeliqaqobana labemi. Embindini wenkulungwane yesi-150.000 BC, ubudlelwane bamanani phakathi kwamaqela amathathu entlalontle babelandelayo, abantu baseAthene abangama-XNUMX, metocos 50.000, amakhoboka ali-120.000. Xa kusithiwa ngama-150.000 abantu base-Athene, abafazi nabantwana bayabandakanywa, nto leyo inciphisa inani lokwenyani labemi liye kwisithathu, kuba abasetyhini bengazange bathathe inxaxheba kubomi bezopolitiko, babevalelwe ekhaya, babenempembelelo engangqalanga. Iithemistocles, Waxelela unyana wakhe kwaye wafingqa ubomi babasetyhini ngolu hlobo, "Ungoyena mntu ubalulekileyo esixekweni, kuba ndilawula iAthene, umama wakho uyandithuma kwaye uthumela unyoko."