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Olympias of Thebes was a Greek midwife who lived in the first century B.C.E. She was also a writer. She was distinguished among the ancient Greeks for her medical writings and medical ability.

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".

It is also likely that Dioscorides knew about her work.

References

1. ^ Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie; Joy Dorothy Harvey (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 962–. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
2. James Read Chadwick (1879). The Study and Practice of Medicine by Women. A.S. Barnes & Company. pp. 444–.
3. Jessie Boucherett. The Englishwoman's review (of social and industrial questions) [ed. by J. Boucherett].

• Ancient Greek writers
• Greek midwives
• 1st-century BC Greek people
• Ancient Thebans