Olympias (author)
Olympias was a probably in the 1st century BC. Midwife living in Thebes and author of a medical book in which she wrote down the experiences of her profession. The work has not survived, but is by Pliny the Elder. Ä. mentioned several times in his Naturalis historia . At the same time he gives some passages of the work with advice on abortion drugs, menstrual medicine and remedies against sterility.
source
- Pliny the Elder Ä., Natural History 26, 226; 28,246; 28.253
literature
- Karl Deichgräber : Olympias 12). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVIII, 1, Stuttgart 1939, column 185.
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| SURNAME | Olympias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek midwife and author of a medical book |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |