The protagonist of this play would rather stand "three times in battle holding up my shield than give birth once".
The protagonist of this play would rather stand "three times in battle holding up my shield than give birth once". It ends with a summation stating "what we expected never came to pass, what we did not expect the gods brought to bear". In this play, a king is given magical fertility drugs and does not understand a riddle about "unstopping the wineskin's neck". This play ends with the title character predicting a man will suffer a "miserable death... fitting for a coward" aboard his ship and refusing his request that he may touch the "tender skin" of his sons. The title character flees after killing her own children and using a poisoned coronet and dress to murder her husband's would-be new bride, the Corinthian princess Glauce. For 10 points, name this Euripides tragedy about the vengeful wife of Jason.
The protagonist of this play would rather stand "three times in battle holding up my shield than give birth once".
Medea