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|nationality = Greek |era = Ancient philosophy |school = Western philosophy |school_tradition = Western philosophy |main_interests = |notable_ideas = |influences = |influenced = }} Agnodice or Agnodike (, c. 4th century BCE) was the first female Athenian physician, midwife, and gynaecologist, whose story was recorded by Gaius Julius Hyginus. Hyginus, who lived in the 1st century BCE, wrote about Agnodice in his ''Fabulae''. ==Early life== Agnodice was born into a wealthy family of the Greek city-state of Athens. Her desire to become a physician initiated from witnessing increased numbers of women dying or undergoing painful childbirths. Though women were allowed to learn gynecology, obstetrics, healing, and midwifery in the time of Hippocrates, after his death the leaders of Athens discovered that women were performing abortions, and made becoming a female doctor a capital crime. Agnodice, determined to become a physician and help the women of Athens, cut her hair and donned the clothes of a man to pursue medical training. Agnodice then used an alleged friend's sickness to account for her future leave to pursue medical training. She then left Athens to study medicine in nearby Egypt, where women played an important role in the medical community. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agnodice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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