Timotheus, Life of Euripides

 

“All of Greece is Euripides’ memorial.”

 

μνῆμα μὲν Ἑλλὰς ἅπασ᾿ Εὐριπίδου

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