"Quid iuvat inmunes belli cessare puellas, Nec fera peltatas agmina velle sequi, Si sine Marzte suis patiuntur vulnera telis, Et caecas armant in sua fata manus? Quae prima instituit teneros convellere fetus, Militia fuerat digna perire sua."

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Compare: Euripides, Medea, 250–251: [...] ὡς τρὶς ἂν παρ᾿ ἀσπίδα / στῆναι θέλοιμ᾿ ἂν μᾶλλον ἢ τεκεῖν ἅπαξ—"Sooner would I stand / Three times to face their battles, shield in hand, / Than bear one child." (tr. )