Ephebe

Greek ephebos ἔφηβος (plural: epheboi ἔφηβοι), anglicised as ephebe (plural: ephebes), or Latinate ephebus (plural: ephebi) is the term for an adolescent male.

Ephebe may refer to:

• The Ephebe genus of lichen in the family Lichinaceae;
• An anglicization of Ephebos, a Greek word for an adolescent age group or a social status reserved for that age in Antiquity;
• The Ephebe sculptural type from antiquity, portraying young men of this age.
• Ephebe of Kritios or Ephebe of Marathon, Ancient Greek sculptures;
• Ephebus (personal name);
• The fictional country Ephebe from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

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