1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EPHEBEUM (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 eighteen years of age.
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- Vol. 9, pp. 669-669