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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Ephebeum
Britannica 11thEPHEBEUM (from Gr. ifafios, a young man), in architecture, a large hall in the ancient Palaestra furnished with scats (Vitruvius v. u), the length of which should be a third larger than the width. It served for the exercises of youths of from sixteen to eighte ...
Vol. 9, pp. 669-669
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