| His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. Tame essence of Wilde. |
| If asked to summarize the plot of Malone Dies, the narrative ephebe could only stammer and gesticulate, troubled by non-events and numinous debris. |
| It is a gorgeously effete, nearly 3-foot bronze sculpture of a supplicant ephebe wearing a laurel crown, his thin arms upraised. |
| Finally, a Cretan youth was allowed only one garment, the Attic ephebe wore a black garment, and in certain mystery cults initiates were required to wear white clothing. |
| Indeed Tom was much still the ephebe, sharing boys with his friend though talking of the gravity of marriage. |
| The Greek youth became enamoured of the ephebe in the gymnasium, where they appeared nude and beautiful. |
