A Fusion of Cultures and the Rise of Gynaecology in the Hellenistic World

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the stylization and content of the statuette of a childbirth scene, and the impact of Hellenistic medicine on the statuette. However, there has been no research published before about this statuette. This paper focuses on Cypriot culture from the Chalcolithic period until the Hellenistic period, and the increasing popularity of using portraiture to connect oneself to power in Ptolemaic culture. Also, this paper will examine the rise of gynaecology and recognition of midwifery in the Hellenistic period due to the change of political structures, because it is likely that it caused the statuette to be portrayed realistically. This paper aims to explore how the impact of the fusion between the Cypriot and Ptolemaic cultures resulted in an individualized childbirth scene, as well as how the rise of gynaecology and midwifery affected the realism of the statuette.