Ancient Greek midwife and writer
Olympias of Thebes was a Greek midwife who lived in the first century B.C.E.[1] She was also a writer.[1] She was distinguished among the ancient Greeks for her medical writings and medical ability.[2][3]
Pliny wrote that Olympias stated that mallows "with goose grease ... cause abortion" and that she could cure a type "of barrenness. . . by bull's gall, serpents' fat, copper rust and honey, rubbed on the parts before intercourse".[1]
It is also likely that Dioscorides knew about her work.[1]
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