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ephebeia

noun

In ancient Greece, a state institution organized to train freeborn youths between the ages of 18 and 20 for military and administrative service.

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8
Starts with
E
Ends with
A
Contains
PH
Scrabble score
15

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noun

  1. In ancient Greece, a state institution organized to train freeborn youths between the ages of 18 and 20 for military and administrative service.

    “This dissertation provides a new diachronic history of the Athenian ephebeia, a state-sponsored and -directed system of military training for ephebes.”

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This dissertation provides a new diachronic history of the Athenian ephebeia, a state-sponsored and -directed system of military training for ephebes.

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