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sufficient to cover their basic needs. This indicates that some forms of charity and social welfare existed in Athens. Disability was also common among individuals of high status in ancient Greece. In the 6th century BCE, Croesus, the King of Lydia, had two sons, one of whom was either deaf or mute. He spent a considerable amount of wealth in an unsuccessful attempt to cure this son, even consulting the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.

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