HODIE: Kalendae Apriles. This was the day of the festival of Venus Verticordia. You can add a Roman calendar as a widget in your blog or webpage, or display it as a Google Calendar: here's how.
TODAY'S PODCAST:
Heri Hodie Cras Podcast: Today's audio podcast is Latin Via Proverbs: Group 45, which features this wonderful one-word motto: Excelsior (Higher! - the official motto of New York State).
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 which seems to me all too true: Bene cogitata saepe ceciderunt male (English: Things well planned have often turned out badly).
Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Post triduum hospitis satietas est. (English: Three days is enough of a guest - which is a more polite version of the saying about how a guest, like a fish, stinks after three days!). 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 Omnia praetereunt (English: All things pass - a fuller version in a poem by Columbanus reads: Omnia praetereunt, fugit irreparabile tempus; All things pass, time rushes by, irrecoverable).
Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is Citius, altius, fortius (English: Swifter, higher, stronger - the motto of the Olympics).
Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente (Exod. 21:24). 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 Ars varia vulpi, ars una echino maxima (English: The fox has various tricks, while the hedgehog has one very great trick - a version of the famous "fox and hedgehog" of Archilochus).
Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Aethiops non albescit (English: The Ethiopian does not turn white - a motif you can find in an Aesop's fable and in an emblem of Alciato).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἀιθίοψ οὐ λευκαίνεται (English: The Ethiopian does not turn white - believe me: a total coincidence that the Greek and Latin versions of this saying showed up as the same day - randomness is a weird thing indeed!). If you look at the Greek Proverb of the Day widget, you'll see it comes with a Latin translation, too.
TODAY'S FABLES:
Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow's Aesop is DE PISCATORE ET PISCICULO (the story of the fisherman who caught a very tiny fish). 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.
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 Catto et Vulpe, the story of the fox and her many tricks. Another total coincidence - this fable is the European descendant of Archilochus's fox and the hedgehog, with the hedgehog of Archilochus (see above) replaced by a cat:
Aesop's Fables in Latin now available at Amazon.com.
