Greek term for a male adolescent, or for a social status reserved for that age, in Antiquity.
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Examples for "ephebi"
Examples for "ephebi"
1A band of young ephebi of the garrison eye us as we enter; but we seem neither Spartans nor Thebans and are not molested.
2The Ephebi of Alexandria must make her feel the power of youth.
3A little band of Ephebi were pacing to and fro before the house.
4The bands of the Ephebi will support him to a man.
5The Ephebi had behaved treacherously by taking sides with their foe.
1The physical gracefulness of a slim ephebus was never seized by Michelangelo.
2Youths of the ephebus age are practicing leaping.
3He is an ephebus no longer, but a full-fledged citizen, and all the vicissitudes of Athenian life are before him.