Isoteleia

(ἰσοτέλεια; isotéleia (equality of duties), i.e. of civic duties) was a privilege that a Greek state could bestow on non-citizens, if it wanted to raise them above the normal status of metics ( métoikoi), but did not wish to grant them full citizenship. Since the isoteleia normally freed one from taxes and other burdens to which non-citizens were subject, the same status could be called either isoteleia or  atéleia (freedom from duties) (for example in Athens: IG II² 53: atéleia, 287: isotéleia). In Athens, isotelḗs could be added to a man's name as a designation to s…