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 .

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