Did the ancient Greeks keep dogs as pets?

Did the ancient Greeks keep dogs as pets?
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Well, there are depictions of dogs on their art as shown here so the chances are that they did keep them and train them. Don’t know about shake and roll over but probably hunting and guarding.
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