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metic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | alien, foreigner, noncitizen, outlander |
Examples of metic
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How long a foreigner could remain in Athens without counting as a metic is not known.
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In the street no physical signs distinguished citizen from metic or slave.
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So for a number of reasons the legal term metic should be associated with Classical Athens.
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A metic without a sponsor was vulnerable to a special prosecution.
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The status divide between metic and citizen was not always clear.
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It's just a feel good metic.
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No implication is lost in the metic ulous revival at the Long Wharf Theater, which tenderly evokes the Millers'tribal intimacy.
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As citizenship was a matter of inheritance and not place of birth, a metic could be either an immigrant or the descendant of one.
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If however the court decided the ejected citizen was in fact a metic, he would be sent down one further rung and sold into slavery.
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- An alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
- In ancient Greece, the term metic (Greek mu00E9toikos: from metu00E1, indicating change, and ou00EEkos "dwelling") referred to a foreign resident of Athens, one who did not have citizen rights in their Greek city-state (polis) of residence.
- A foreigner living in a city state.
- Metoikosin Greek,a non-Athenian resident at Athens.
