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Agnodice

400 BC - 360 BC

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Agnodice (Greek: Ἀγνοδίκη, pronounced [aŋnodíkɛː]; c. 4th century BCE) is a legendary figure said to be the first female midwife or physician in ancient Athens. Her story, originally told by the Roman author Gaius Julius Hyginus in his Fabulae, has been used to illustrate issues surrounding women in medicine and midwifery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agnodice has received more than 487,531 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Agnodice is the 163rd most popular physician (down from 139th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Greece and the 3rd most popular Greek Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Agnodice ranks 163 out of 726. Before her are Carl Ludwig, Severo Ochoa, Charles Brenton Huggins, John Langdon Down, George Whipple, and Rolf M. Zinkernagel. After her are Robin Cook, Georgios Papanikolaou, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Andrea Cesalpino, Engelbert Kaempfer, and Georges Gilles de la Tourette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Agnodice ranks 18. Before her are Theopompus, Spitamenes, Drypetis, Ephorus, Mithridates I of Pontus, and Stateira I. After her are Harpalus, Lais of Corinth, Arete of Cyrene, Chares of Lindos, Hegesias of Cyrene, and Dinocrates. Among people deceased in 360 BC, Agnodice ranks 4. Before her are Democritus, Agesilaus II, and Atropates. After her are Lais of Corinth, Dinocrates, Campaspe, Aeschines of Sphettus, Artabazos II, Silanion, Polykleitos the Younger, and Lais of Hyccara.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Agnodice ranks 254 out of 1,024. Before her are Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905), Nabis (-300), Saturnin (300), Hipparchus (-600), Antonia the Elder (-39), and Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325). After her are Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Philopoemen (-253), Georgios Papanikolaou (1883), Jean Moréas (1856), Alcamenes (-500), and Agathon (-448).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Greece

Among physicians born in Greece, Agnodice ranks 3. Before her are Hippocrates (-460), and Erasistratus (-303). After her are Georgios Papanikolaou (1883), Paul of Aegina (625), Podalirius (null), and Diocles of Carystus (-400).

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