Ephebe

Ephebe /ɛˈfiːb/ (from the 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:

• Ephebe (lichen), a 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
• Kritios Boy, an ancient Greek sculpture, also called Ephebe of Kritios
• Marathon Boy, an ancient Greek sculpture, also called Ephebe of Marathon
• Ephebus (personal name)
• The fictional Discworld country Ephebe
• A novel, Efebos, only part of which survives, by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski

See also

• Ephebia, official institutions in Greek city-states for training young men of that age
• Ephebophilia, sexual attraction to adolescents
• Ephebiphobia, fear of adolescents