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Pushing the foul beggars away, and trying to keep in sight his father’s broad back.  A hawker from one of the stalls tried to interest his father in the breeds he had for sale.  He waved his arms animatedly and shouted in his prospect’s ear, pointing to a pen filled with Greek and Thracian slaves, or so the red chalk over his enclosure claimed.  Slave dealers always claimed their wares had Greek Internet Downloads, if they thought they could get away with it.  Any slave speaking a modicum of Greek might be used as a tutor, especially if he had knowledge of philosophy and mathematics.