I mean that the father grows accustomed to descend to the level of his sons and to fear them, and the son is on a level with his father, he having no respect or reverence for either of his parents; and this is his freedom, and metic is equal with the citizen and the citizen with the metic, and the stranger is quite as good as either.
"Plato's Republic"
Plato
5. First stand up and tell me whether you are a metic?
"The Orations of Lysias"
Lysias
Are you a metic on condition of obeying the laws of the city or doing what you please?
"The Orations of Lysias"
Lysias