title: [Midwifes in ancient Greece].
abstract: The article deals with the evidence about obstetrics and in particular midwifes in ancient Greece. The substantives which mean "obstetrician" in Greek are quite numerous, but the most attested and common is [see text]. This work examines all the tasks which were connected with this profession (e.g. in the legal field).
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arata
mesh_terms: D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D008880:Midwifery / Q000266:history*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence