HODIE: ante diem sextum Kalendas Martias (and yes, you can have your own Roman Google Calendar).
VERBUM HODIERNUM: Today's word is the tiny preposition A - read a brief essay about the word at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the famous sayings you can find in the essay: Natura abhorret a vacuo, "Nature abhors a vacuum."
BESTIARIA PROVERBS: There are some new animal proverbs today for COCCYX, the cuckoo, and GRYPS, the fabled griffin.
PROVERB PODCAST: The latest podcasts are for Non de ponte cadit qui cum sapientia vadit , ""He who walks with knowledge doesn't fall off the bridge," and Ut ver dat florem, studium sic reddit honorem , "As spring brings the blossom, so education yields public esteem." Yes, they both rhyme! :-)
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Sophocles, a great story about Sophocles accused of dementia in his old age (see below).
FABULAE FACILES: The new easy-to-read fable is Formica et Gallina, a great story about barnyard hypocrisy!
MILLE FABULAE: FABLE OF THE DAY: The fable for today is Columba et Hydria Picta, a story about a dove fooled by a painting. (You can also a free PDF copy of the Mille Fabulae et Una book.)
MILLE FABULAE: ILLUSTRATIONS: The latest fables with images are Pica et Cuculus, a fable about mistaken identity, and Canis Lutulentus et Herus, a fable about a muddy dog who LOVES his master.
ENGLISH AESOP: The latest new fables are The Angler and the Little Fish and The Crow and the Pitcher. (Plus, there's an English "fable of the day" each day, too.)
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Janes' Second Year Latin for Sight Reading and Harkness' New Latin Reader .
TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS: Widgets available at SchoolhouseWidgets.com.
Tiny Proverbs: Today's tiny proverb is: Nil time (English: Fear nothing).
3-Word Mottoes Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Post nubes lux (English: After clouds, the light).
Latin Animal Proverb: Today's animal proverb is Qui fuit rana, nunc est rex (English: He who was a frog is now a king).
Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Diligite iustitiam, qui iudicatis terram (English: Cherish justice, you who rule the land).
Proper Name Proverb from Erasmus: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Alia Lacon, alia asinus illius portat (English: Lacon is carrying one thing, but his donkey is carrying something else; from Adagia 2.2.86 - Trying to avoid taxes, Lacon hid his honey underneath some barley, but the donkey slipped and fell, revealing the hidden honey).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν τραγῳδία γίνεται καὶ κωμῳδία γραμμάτων (English: Tragedy is made from the same letters as comedy is).
For an image today, here is a sculpture of a poet, perhaps Sophocles, to accompany the great anecdote about Sophocles from Fowle: Sophocles. Sophocles ad summam senectutem tragoedias fecit. Cum propterea rem familiarem negligere videretur, a filiis in iudicium vocatus est, ut iudices illum, quasi disipientem, a re familiari removerent. Tum senex dicitur eam fabulam quam proxime scripserat, Oedipum Coloneum, recitasse iudicibus et quaesivisse num illud carmen desipientis esse videretur. Carmine recitato, a iudicio absolutus est. (source)
