Decent native Athenians are sidelined and vilified; flashy immigrants and metics are preferred and promoted.
体面的雅典本土人被排挤和诋毁；华而不实的移民和外籍人士受到青睐和提拔。
Simon Critchley - Tragedy the Greeks and Us
With these remarks, the dialogue about the city that takes place at its portly outer reaches in the private house of a rich metic merchant would appear to be at an end.
有了这些评论， 在富商的私人住宅中发生的关于这座城市的对话似乎就结束了。
英语百科
Metic
（重定向自Metics）
In ancient Greece, the term metic (Greek métoikos: from metá, indicating change, and oîkos "dwelling") referred to a foreign resident of Athens, one who did not have citizen rights in his or her Greek city-state (polis) of residence.