Meaning of ephebe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training.
   historical
2. A young man; a youth.
   broadly

Examples

“His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. Tame essence of [Oscar] Wilde.”

“Indeed Tom was much still the ephebe, sharing boys with his friend though talking of the gravity of marriage.”

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