Olympias of Thebes
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 the Elder|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.
