Leophanes

Leophanes (Ancient Greek: Λεωφάνης^[1]^[2]) was an Ancient Greek scientist and naturalist who lived approximately between 470 and 430 BC^[3] and the 4th century BC.^[2] He is known from mentions in Aristotle and Pseudo-Plutarch, both of whom discuss his theory that male and female animals are generated from different testicles.^[4]

References

^ Charles Daremberg, « Léophanes », in Amédée Dechambre (dir.), Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales : 2e série, L – P, t. 2 : Lar – Loc, Paris, Victor Masson et fils, 1869, [1]
^ ^a ^b William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, t. 2 : Earinus – Nyx, [2]
^ Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists, The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs, Edited by Paul T. Keyser, Georgia L. Irby-Massie, 2009, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-34020-9, 978-0-415-34020-5, 0-415-69263-6 and 978-0-415-69263-2, [3]
^ Brancacci & Morel, eds. Democritus: Science, the Arts, and the Care of the Soul. p.150

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[Daremberg_1869-1] Charles Daremberg, « Léophanes », in Amédée Dechambre (dir.), Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales : 2e série, L – P, t. 2 : Lar – Loc, Paris, Victor Masson et fils, 1869, [1]

[Smith_1873-2] William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, t. 2 : Earinus – Nyx, [2]

[Marsilio_2008-3] Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists, The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs, Edited by Paul T. Keyser, Georgia L. Irby-Massie, 2009, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-34020-9, 978-0-415-34020-5, 0-415-69263-6 and 978-0-415-69263-2, [3]

[4] Brancacci & Morel, eds. Democritus: Science, the Arts, and the Care of the Soul. p.150

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