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    Agnodice or Agnodike (Ancient Greek: Ἀγνοδίκη Agnodikē, Greek pronunciation: [aŋnodíkɛː] c. 4th century BCE) is a legendary figure credited as the first...
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    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...
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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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    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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  • historian Zeno of Citium, Greek 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 Agnodike (Gr. Ἀγνοδίκη) was the earliest historical, and likely apocryphal...
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  • 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...
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    the Trojan War (c. 1194–1184 BCE). According to one late antique legend, Agnodice was the first female physician to practice legally in fourth century BCE...
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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...
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    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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  • Democh-Maurmeier became the first licensed woman doctor in Germany in 1901.[1] Agnodice was a 4th century BCE physician before modern Greece. Iván Völgyes, Nancy...
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  • Morgan Research Award Agnes Mary Clerke Agnes Pockels Agnes Sime Baxter Agnodice Aisling Judge Alejandra Bravo Alenush Terian Alessandra Giliani Alexia...
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  • Parmantier, 1825)." In that book by Renneville, her female protagonist named Agnodice from Athens, decided to dressed as a man so she could attend "the famous...
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  • Agis IV Aglaea Aglaureion Aglaurus Aglaurus, daughter of Cecrops Agnaptus Agnodice Agoge Agon Agonius Agonothetes Agora Agora of the Competaliasts Agoracritus...
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