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Quotation from Medea and Other Plays by Euripides

“Sooner would I stand Three times to face their battles, shield in hand, Than bear one child”

Euripides (spoken by Medea)

Medea and Other Plays, Medea, trans. Gilbert Murray (1912)

Portrait of Euripides

Medea contrasts public praise of battle with the danger and pain of childbirth.

Citation: "Sooner would I stand Three times to face their battles, shield in hand, Than bear one child" — Euripides, Medea and Other Plays, Medea, trans. Gilbert Murray (1912). (id medea-and-other-plays-q2)

Portrait: Euripides Pio-Clementino Inv302, Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public domain.

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