“Men find worthier of praise whichever song comes most recently to their ears.”
τὴν γὰρ ἀοιδὴν μᾶλλον ἐπικλείουσ’ ἄνθρωποι,
ἥ τις ἀϊόντεσσι νεωτάτη ἀμφιπέληται.
Tag: Old and New
Timotheus, 796 (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.122cd)
“I don’t sing old songs because my new ones are better.”
οὐκ ἀείδω τὰ παλαιά
καινὰ γὰρ ἀμὰ κρείσσω