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