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ephebe
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e·phebe  (fb, -fb) also e·phe·bus (-fbs)
n. pl. e·phebes also e·phe·bi (-fb)
A youth between 18 and 20 years of age in ancient Greece.

[Latin ephbus, from Greek ephbos : ep-, epi-, epi- + hb, early manhood.]

e·phebic adj.

ephebe [ɪˈfiːb ˈɛfiːb]
n
(Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) a youth about to enter full citizenship, esp one undergoing military training
[from Latin ephēbus, from Greek ephēbos, from hēbē young manhood]
ephebic  adj
Translations
ephebe
nEphebe m


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The students wouldn't be content with dressing up and dancing but would create tableaux of gorgeous hideousness, would boom Berlioz and Mussorgsky from loudspeakers, recite the poetry of French decadents, and stage mock attacks on beautiful maidens and ephebi by lustful vampires and assorted ghouls.
 
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