Ephebos (disambiguation)
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Greek ephebos εφηβος (plural: epheboi εφηβοι), anglicised as ephebe (plural: ephebes), or Latinate ephebus (plural: ephebi) is the term for an adolescent male.
It may also refer to:
- Ephebus (personal name);
- The Ephebe sculptural type from antiquity, portraying young men of this age;
- The fictional country Ephebe from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series .
- Ephebo, short for ephebophile
See also
- Ephebia - official institutions in Greek city-states for training young men of that age
- Ephebophilia, sexual attraction to adolescents, especially in male homosexual adults.
- Ephebiphobia, fear of adolescents
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