Crossword-Solution: EPHEBE
We have 3 clues for the answer “EPHEBE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Athenian youth | 1 answer |
| Young Athenian | 1 answer |
| Youth of ancient Greece | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with EPHEBE (4)
But this phallic character does not explain other aspects of Hermes, as the messenger-god, the master-thief or the ideal Greek ephebe.
The Greek youth became enamoured of the _ephebe_ in the gymnasium, where they appeared nude and beautiful.
The posterior part of her body, from the nape of the neck down to the middle, made one think once more of an Ephebe: it was one of those fragments of the ideal human type which Nature sometimes throws among the multitude of mediocre imprints by which the race perpetuates itself.
Many Jews in Jerusalem, as well as in the other cities of the realm, were not averse to Hellenism, and frequented the gymnasia, enrolled their sons in the ephebe corps, and gave them Greek names, but the devout shrank with horror from worshiping the emperor, and the peasants from everything foreign.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, NYT, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1972–2009).