Ephebe is a country on the continent of Klatch based on Ancient Greece.<br />It places a premium on knowledge, boasting a large number of philosophers who wear togas, drink wine and throw food and who tend to jump out of the bath in order to note down ideas while shouting <i>Eureka</i>" (Ephebian for Fetch me a towel).<br /><i>Philosophy</i> includes logics, theology, social-economics, mathematics, and natural philosophy (physics, etc).<br />Ephebe is advanced in politics - <i>mocracy</i> (Discworld’s democracy) was invented here. | |