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TODAY'S PODCAST:
Heri Hodie Cras Podcast: Today's audio podcast is Latin Via Proverbs: Group 32, which features this nice saying about learning through exempla (like Aesop's fables!): Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla. (Long is the path through orders; short and effective is the path through examples.)
TODAY'S PROVERBS:
You can get access to all the proverb of the day scripts (also available as random proverb scripts) at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.
Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Twitter feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's a recent one - the Latin equivalent of putting the cart before the horse: Plaustrum bovem trahit (English: The cart is pulling the ox).
Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Stat lapis et nomen tantum, vestigia nulla (English: There stands only a stone and a name, no traces at all - a very somber inscription from a Latin tombstone). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is Fumos vendit (English: He's selling smoke - a saying from Martial that prompted this essay by Erasmus).
Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is Factum stultus cognoscit (English: A fool knows something after it's done - in other words, he cannot anticipate problems and avoid them, as the wise person can).
Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Tempus destruendi et tempus aedificandi (Ecc. 3:3). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
Latin Animal Proverb of the Day: Today's animal proverb is Ovem lupo commisisti (English: You've handed the sheep over to the wolf - in other words, you've entrusted something to someone who cannot be trusted!).
Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Vel arte vel Marte (English: Either by craft or by battle - although the English lacks the artful rhyme of the Latin, which provides the real pointedness of the proverb!).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Πολλοί σε μισήσουσι, ἂν σαυτὸν φιλῇς (English: Many people will hate you, if you should love yourself - a saying with considerable psychological insight!). If you look at the Greek Proverb of the Day widget, you'll see it comes with a Latin translation, too.
TODAY'S FABLES:
Latin Via Fables: Simplified Fables: I'm now presenting the "Barlow Aesop" collection, fable by fable, in a SIMPLIFIED version (same story, but in simpler sentences) - with a SLIDESHOW presentation to go along with it, too. Today's Simplified fable is De Quercu et Arundine, the story of the oak and the reed, and the virtues of being flexible - literally and metaphorically.
Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow's Aesop is De Equo et Asello Onusto (the story of what happened when the horse refused to carry even a little bit of the donkey's load). You can use the Javascript to include the fable of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog - meanwhile, to find out more about today's fable, visit the Ning Resource Page for this fable, where you will find links to the text, commentary, and a discussion board for questions and comments.
Aesop's Fables in Latin now available at Amazon.com.
