| Title: | Androgynes |
| Original Title: | Androgynes |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 1 (1751), p. 448 |
| Author: | Denis Diderot (biography) |
| Translator: | Naomi J. Andrews [Santa Clara University] |
| Subject terms: |
Ancient geography
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| Citation (MLA): | Diderot, Denis. "Androgynes." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Naomi J. Andrews. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2003. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.197>. Trans. of "Androgynes," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 1. Paris, 1751. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Diderot, Denis. "Androgynes." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Naomi J. Andrews. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.197 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Androgynes," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1:448 (Paris, 1751). |
Androgynes, ancient African people of whom Aristotle and Pliny made mention, that, it is said, had two sexes, the right breast of a man and the left breast of a woman.