Ephebos (disambiguation)
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Ephebos
Ephebos , also anglicised as ephebe or archaically ephebus , is a Greek word for an adolescent age group or a social status reserved for that age in Antiquity....

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)
    Ephebus (personal name)
    As well as being a general epithet, Ephebus often occurs as an individual name, as in the cases of:*Ephebus, a martyr from Terni, a city in central Italy...

    ;
  • The Ephebe sculptural type from antiquity, portraying young men of this age;
  • The fictional country Ephebe from Terry Pratchett
    Terry Pratchett
    Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...

    's Discworld
    Discworld
    Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....

    series .

See also

  • Ephebia - official institutions in Greek city-states for training young men of that age
  • Ephebophilia
    Ephebophilia
    Ephebophilia is the sexual preference of adults for mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. The term was originally used in the late 19th to mid 20th century, and has been more recently revisited by Ray Blanchard. It is one of a number of sexual preferences across age groups subsumed...

    , sexual attraction to adolescents, especially in male homosexual adults.
  • Ephebiphobia
    Ephebiphobia
    The fear of youth is called ephebiphobia. First coined as the "fear and loathing of teenagers," today the phenomenon is recognized as the "inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people" in a range of settings around the world...

    , fear of adolescents

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