Some Desperate Glory

by 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