Emily Tesh

ὡς τρὶς ἂν παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα

στῆναι θέλοιμ᾽ ἂν μᾶλλον ἢ τεκεῖν ἅπαξ.

I would rather stand three times in the battle line

than give birth to one child.

—Euripides, Medea