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 | | From eight to eleven he was a 'youngster' or 'wolf-cub' (rhobidas, promikkizomenos, mikkizomenos, propais; from his tweleth to fifteenth birthday a 'boy' in the full sense (pratopampais, atropampis, meilleren); and from sixteen to twenty an eiren, or ephebos. |
 | | The ephebos was divided into first-, second-, third-, and fourth-year grades). |
 | | Between eight and eleven the children were divided into 'bands' or 'troops', and were under the command of the oldest grade of eiren. |
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