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of Slaves in Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 42. Cruel and Kind Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 43. The "City Slaves" of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter VIII.
The Children.
44. The Desirability of Children in Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 45. The Exposure of Infants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 46. The Celebration of a Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 47. Life and Games of Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 48. Playing in the Streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 49. The First Stories and Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 50. The Training of Athenian Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Chapter IX.
The Schoolboys of Athens.
51. The Athenians Generally Literate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 52. Character Building the Aim of Athenian Education . . . . . . . 63 53. The Schoolboy's Pedagogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 54. An Athenian School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 55. The School Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 56. The Study of the Poets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 57. The Greeks do not study Foreign Languages . . . . . . . . . . . 70 58. The Study of "Music" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 59. The Moral Character of Greek Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 60. The Teaching of Gymnastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 61. The Habits and Ambitions of Schoolboys . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 62. The "Ephebi" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Chapter X.
The Physicians of Athens.
63. The Beginnings of Greek Medical Science . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 64. Healing Shrines and their Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 65. An Athenian Physician's Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 66. The Physician's Oath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 67. The Skill of Greek Physicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 68. Quacks and Charlatans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Chapter XI.
The Funerals.
69. An Athenian's Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 70. The Preliminaries of a Funeral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 71. Lamenting the Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 72. The Funeral Procession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 73. The Funeral Pyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 74.