I don't know about all of you, but I just finished my first week of classes - and I am so glad to have gotten through it unscathed. For those of you whose school year has just gotten started, I hope it has gone well!
HODIE: ante diem quintum Kalendas Septembres. 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 TWITTER:
Vita Caesaris: You can see my IVLIVS CAESAR feed with a sentence from Plutarch's Life of Caesar each day in Greek, Latin and English. Today's Latin portion begins chapter 9, which will tell the scandal of Publius Clodius: Sed nihil in eo tumultuose actum, uerum sed domus Caesaris aduersa fortuna laesa est.
Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Proverbia feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's one from today: Omnis est rex in domo sua (English: Everyone is king in his own house... a Latin version of "a man's home is his castle").
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.
Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Multum, non multa (English: Much, not many). 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: Grata brevitas (English: Brevity is pleasing... which fits nicely with the saying multum, non multa above - two different ways of expressing the notion of "quality, not quantity").
Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Fruere tua fortuna (English: Make good use of your good fortune).
Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Melior est puer pauper et sapiens rege sene et stulto (Ecc. 4:13). 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 Noctuas Athenas affert (English: He's carrying owls to Athens... the ancient equivalent of "coals to Newcastle").
Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Mala ad se trahit, ut Caecias nubes (English: He's drawing troubles to himself, like the northeast wind does the clouds).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἁπλοῦς ὁ μῦθος τὰς ἀληθείας ἔφυ (English: Straightforward speech begets truth). 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 is DE FORMICA ET COLUMBA, the story of how the ant and the dove came to each other's aid.
Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Umbra Asini, a wonderful story about the orator Demosthenes using a humorous story to rebuke his inattentive audience! Here is an illustration for the story (image source), showing the "bust of Demosthenes" from the Louvre Museum:
