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Agnodice (Gr****: Ἀγνοδίκη,
pronounced [aŋnodíkɛː]; c. 4th
century BCE) is a
legendary figure said to be the
first female midwife or
physician in ancient...
- of the
female doctor Agnodice. The
validity of
Agnodice’s story has been
debated by
scholars but
according to legend,
Agnodice was a
woman in ancient...
- A
modern engraving of
Agnodice, a
midwife and obstetrician, who
according to
legend disguised herself as a man in
order to
practice as a doctor...
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three hundred very
brief and plainly, even crudely, told
myths (such as
Agnodice) and
celestial genealogies, made by an
author who was
characterized by...
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historian Zeno of Citium, Gr****
philosopher Zhuangzi,
Chinese philosopher Agnodice,
female Athenian physician and
midwife Oldest Brahmi script dates from...
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England Petronilla de
Meath First woman executed for
witchcraft in England.
Agnodice c 505
Greece Aspasia First female gynecologist. She
disguised herself as...
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reasonably considered a
medical specialist with a
concentration in midwifery.
Agnodice or Agno**** (Gr. Ἀγνοδίκη) was the
earliest historical, and
likely apocryphal...
- a man to vote in the
ekklesia in Aristophane's Ekklesiazusae, or when
Agnodice of
Athens dressed as a man to get a
degree in medicine,
Axiothea from Phlius...
- was
cited by
Homer as a
healer in
ancient Greece before the
Trojan War.
Agnodice was the
first female physician to
practice legally in 4th
century BC Athens...
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published on the
myths of Tithonos, on mermaids, and on the myth/fable of
Agnodice, "the
first midwife". She has
investigated how this
story was used to give...