1884C.E., George F. Bowen, Handbook for Travellers in Greece, John Murray; fifth edition, § II, page #244:
This evidence has since been confirmed by the discovery at the same place of an extraordinarily rich series of inscriptions concerning the Ephœbi, with no less than 33 busts of the governors and other officers of that body. The corps of Ephœbi included all sons of Athenian citizens between the ages of 18 and 20 years ; it was a college having for its special object the preparation of its members for the duties and privileges of their station.
1905C.E., Paul Monroe, A Text‐Book in the History of Education, Macmillan & Co.; Chapter III, page #75:
At eighteen the boy entered the class of ephœbi, or cadets, where he received a strict military training for several years.
