Ἐπιδιετὲς ἡβῆσαι
to be two years past puberty
Translated by David Whitehead13 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Meaning to be sixteen years old. For puberty lasts until fourteen. But the "ephebes" in Athens were what eighteen-year-olds used to be called; and they would remain as ephebes for two years, after which they were entered into the deme register[s].