Kronos and Zeus
A quote from Timotheus
of Miletus preserved by Athenaeus in Deiphnosophists 3.122 d page 69 vol 2 in the
loeb edition.
Οὐκ
ἀείδω τὰ παλαιά.
Καινὰ γὰρ μάλα
κρείσσω.
Νέος
ὁ Ζεὺς βασιλεύει. Τὸ πάλαι δ̓ ἦν
Κρόνος
ἄρχων. Ἀπίτω μοῦσα παλαιά.
Literally
Not
I sing (of) the ancient things new / recent for rather (is) greater
/better.
New
(is) the Zeus reigning the ancient but was Kronos ruling go away muse
ancient
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