HODIE: pridie Nonas Augustas. 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 portion narrates Caesar's speech in response to Cicero's call to execute Catiline: Caesar orationem, quam fuerat ante meditatus, habuit : neque moris Romani neque iustum sibi uideri, indicta causa, idque non postulante extrema necessitate, uiros dignitate et genere illustres interficere.
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 a nice motto from today: Bene agendo nunquam defessus (English: By managing things rightly, never tired).
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 Canis sine dentibus vehementius latrat (English: A dog without teeth barks more viciously). 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: Iuventus ventus (English: Youth is wind... which is to say that it blows by quickly - and in Latin, it rhymes!).
Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Ignem igni addis (English: You're adding fire to the fire, or, as we might say in English, "fuel to the flames").
Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Sicut canis qui revertitur ad vomitum suum, sic imprudens qui iterat stultitiam suam (Proverbs 26:11). 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 Turbat aquas ut plures capiat pisces (English: He stirs up the waters in order to catch more fish... a saying often used as a metaphor for those who benefit from public unrest and disaster).
Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Blanditia, non imperio, fit dulcis Venus (English: By means of sweet talk, not orders, Venus grows sweet - with Venus the goddess standing in as usual for love itself).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἀνάγκῃ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται (English: Not even the gods fight against necessity). If you look at the Greek Proverb of the Day widget, you'll see it comes with a Latin translation, too.
TODAY'S FABLES:
Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Anus et Anser, the famous story of the goose who laid the golden eggs.
Fable of the Day: Today's fables of the day from Barlow is De Agricola et Ciconia, the story of the stork who was caught hanging out with a bad crowd.
Tar Heel Readers: Materials continue to accumulate at Tar Heel Reader (keep up with the latest items at the Libelli Latini blog). Today I decided to feature Examen Habebimus, a storybook with a dialogue between the magister and the discipulus about what we study in school, contributed by Evan Millner.
