Round-Up: December 31

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. There are notices also at Twitter - look for Aesopus and AesopusEnglish.

HODIE: pridie Kalendas Ianuarias (I just now updated the calendar so that it is ready to go for 2012 - a bit tricky, since it is a leap year, but I just added a day "ante diem septimum decimum Kalendas Martias" in the countdown to the Kalends of March).

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are the last Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy for the month of December - In Dulci Iubilo (a wonderful medieval son by the German mystic Heinrich Suso), Auld Lang Syne (a Latin version of the song, just in time for New Year's celebrations), and In Hoc Anni Circulo (a song for rounding out the year).

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Catonis Disticha Moralia et Lilii Monita Paedagogica and La Faye's Breviarium Saeculare Universae Historiae.

MYTHS & LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows the Sabine women making peace (the famous painting by Jacques-Louis David); you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.


TODAY'S EMBLEMS & DISTICHS:

OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are De Vita et Morte, Una via est vitae, moriendi mille figurae. / Est bene: nam mors est res bona, vita mala; and Ultima Linea, Ultimus est vitae mors actus amara iocosae. / Cuius vita fuit seria, mors iocus est. (These come with vocabulary, too.)

ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Perit Quod Elapsum Est,
Continuo fugit hora; perit de tempore quantum / Elapsum est: parcus temporis esto tui; and Omnis Caro Faenum, Omnis homo faenum, quod mane virescit et aret / Discendente die, crescit ut intereat. (These come with vocabulary lists.)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Vita Mihi Mors Est, Ex se ipsa nascens, ex se reparabilis ales, / quae exoriens moritur, quae moriens oritur - with a phoenix in the emblem, and Fert Omnia Secum, O felix, secum sua quicumque omnia portat, / Fortunae vivens liber ab arbitrio - with a snail in the emblem, as you can see below. (These also have vocabulary lists.)

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Ita vita (English: Such is life).

3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Non nobis solum (English: Not for ourselves alone).

ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Dum stertit cattus, numquam sibi currit in os mus (English: When the cat is snoring, a mouse never runs into its mouth).

POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Omnia probate, quod bonum est, tenete (English: Try all things; what is good, keep).

PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Aiacis risus (English: The laugh of Ajax; from Adagia 1.7.46 - this was a mad and crazy laugh, the laugh of a man who rejoices in bloodthirsty pleasures although he is about to die, as Ajax in his madness).

GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Λύκω συννόμω καὶ ἵππω· λέοντέ γε μὲν οὐκέτι (English: Two wolves can feed together, as can two horses, but two lions not so).

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Cybeles Festa et Sacerdotes, an account of the goddess Cybele and her ecstatic priests.

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 211, Mus et Rusticus, through Fable 220, Asellus et Rivus, including Mus Uxorem Quaerens, one of my favorite folktales of all time - and an ancient one, going back to the Indian Panchatantra tradition.

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Fur et Sicarius, a story about quarreling criminals, and Sol, Mons, et Vallis, a fable in praise of the humble life and the emptiness of lofty achievements.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Canes Duo, Venaticus et Domesticus, a story about a hard-working hunting dog and an indolent house dog.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Lazy Housemaids, a fantastic fable about unintended consequences.

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Canis in Praesepe et Bos, the famous story of the dog in the manger (this one also has a vocabulary list).

For an image, here is that miserly dog: 357. Canis in Praesepi et Bos. In praesepi faeni pleno decumbebat canis. Venit bos ut comedat faenum, cum canis, confestim sese erigens, tota voce elatravit. Cui bos, “Dii te, cum ista tua invidia, perdant,” inquit, “nec enim faeno ipse vesceris, nec me vesci sines.” (source - easy version)

Round-Up: December 29

Hi, everybody! I'm back from my travels - and here is a round-up of today's blog posts. You'll see below that I've reorganized the listing of items: instead of just one image at the bottom, there are now three images: an image for one of the emblems, an image from the "Myths & Legends" image widget, as well as an image at the bottom for one of the fables as usual. Meanwhile, for anyone who sent me email, please forgive my slowness in replying; between being out of town, plus the end-of-semester craziness, as well as the craziness of my email inbox in general, it's going to take me a while to get caught up. :-)

HODIE: ante diem quartum Kalendas Ianuarias.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - Tinnitus, Tinnitus (three different versions of Jingle Bells in Latin), Somnio Candidum Diem (a Latin version of "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"), and Dormi Jesu (a lovely Latin lullaby recorded by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge).

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Appendini's Disticha and Bachot's Fasti Christiani.

MYTHS & LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Arachne; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.

TODAY'S EMBLEMS & DISTICHS:

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Spes Altera Vita, Securus moritur, qui scit se morte renasci: / Non ea mors dici, sed nova vita potest.; and Non Levis Ascensus, Disce, puer, virtutem ex me verumque laborem, / Si verae ornari laudis honore cupis.. (These also have vocabulary lists.)

OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Aulicorum Par Impar, Non bene conveniunt, at in una sede morantur / Momus vituperans omnia, Gnatho nihil. ; and Carceris Instar Tellus, Carceris est instar tellus, quasi moenia caelum, / Custos peccatum. Vincula quae? Mulier.. (These come with vocabulary, too.)

ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: Here is my new emblem project - the wonderful books of Rollenhagen (a.k.a. Rollenhagius), with the English renderings by George Wither. Today's emblem is Si Deus Voluerit, Si Deus ille volet, qui vitam dat mihi, vita / Quo se sustentet, sat mihi panis erit. (See the blog post for more information, along with the vocabulary list.)

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Diligentia cresco (English: By diligence, I grow).

3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Conscientia mille testes (English: Conscience is a thousand witnesses).

AUDIO PROVERB: Today's audio Latin proverb is Unus lanius non timet multas oves (English: One butcher does not fear the many sheep). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Irritare est calamitatem, cum te felicem voces (English: To call yourself happy is to provoke disaster).

ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Simia in purpura (English: A monkey in royal robes - which is to say, someone who is ridiculous indeed; from Adagia 1.7.10).

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Saturnalia, the story of the tradition of Saturnalia among the Romans.

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Haedus et Lupus Fores Pulsans, the story of a goat who is a single mother and her wise little kid (this one also has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 201, Mus in Olla, through Fable 210, Mus, Mustela, Vulpes et Lupus, including Mus in Cervisia, the funny story of a mouse who fell into a vat of beer and had to be rescued by a .. cat!

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Puer Viscera Vomens, a funny little story, regardless or whether you do or do not like tripe, and Servus et Asinus, a story about a dead donkey and a deceitful slave.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Hunter and the Fisherman, a story about how familiarity breeds contempt in the realm of food.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Vespertilio Perfidus, the story of the treacherous bat during the war of the birds and the beasts:
Bellum gerebant volucres cum quadrupedibus, et fortuna belli erat diu anceps, modo his, modo illis victoriam reportantibus. Vespertilio, qui securitatem fidei anteponebat, ad eas quae superaverant se conferebat; inter aves avem se esse profitebatur, inter quadrupedes murem. Cum pacem fecissent aves et quadrupedes, fraus utrique generi apparuit; damnatus igitur ab utrisque refugit, atque ex eo tempore noctu tantummodo evolabat.

Holiday Hiatus

Iucundissimum festum Nativitatis exopto, plenum laetitae atque felicitatis vobis et vestris.

I'll be taking a week off here at the Bestiaria, although some of the blogs will carry on while I am gone:

• there will be new fables with images at the Mille Fabulae et Una blog (I'm getting very close to having all 1001 fables done!)
• there will be new books at the I Love Google Books blog each day
• there will also be a new distich epigram by John Owen and a distch emblem by Camerarius each day at the Disticha Latina blog

You can also check out the various types of daily widgets over at the Schoolhouse Widgets blog, too! Plus, there will be Latin holiday songs for each day of the month; for more, see the Gaudium Mundo blog. :-)

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Round-Up: December 20

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I'm using Google+ a lot these days - are there any of you I should look for there?

HODIE: ante diem tertium decimum Kalendas Ianuarias.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - O Hanukkah (a song for the beginning of Hanukkah), Quem Pastores Laudavere (a 14th-century latin carol, often called "Quempas"), and Tres Naves (a Latin version of the English carol "I Saw Three Ships").

Myths & Legends: The art image for today's legend shows Zeus and his lover Semele, who was the mother of the god Dionysus; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.

OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Homo Homini Deus, Est homo, qui locuples inopi nil donat amico. / Qui rapit, hic lupus est. Qui dabit, ille deus; and Vicissitudo, Gaudia post luctus veniunt, post gaudia luctus. / Semper in ambiguo (speve metuve) sumus. (They each come a vocabulary list!)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Bene Qui Latuit, Exemplo domiporta tibi fit cochlea, quisquis / Exoptas tuto consenuisse domi; and Brevis Et Damnosa Voluntas, Qui circum volitat deceptus amores ad ignes, / Numquid naturam papilionis habet? (These have vocabulary too!)

VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is TANTUS - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: Quantum potes, tantum aude, "Dare to do as much as you can!"

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Vaillant's Fasti Sacri and Gilbertus' Tetrastichorum in Fabulas Aesopicas XII .

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Stabula Augeae, the story of how Heracles cleaned out the stables of King Augeas.

FABULAE FACILES: The NEW easy-to-read fable is Vulpes Sine Cauda, a story about the tyranny of fashion (and the fable comes with a vocabulary list).

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Simiae Saltantes, the story of the King of Egypt and his dancing monkeys.

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 191 through Fable 200, including Mures Duo, the famous story of the city mouse and the country mouse.

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Pater Senex Domo Eiectus, a story about an old man, his heartless son and his worldly-wise grandson, and Fur Avarus, a story in which the greedy thief loses everything.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Mulus et Equus, a story about why it is better to be a humble mule than a fancy horse.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Fly and the Horse, the story of a fly whose boasting does not impress the horses.

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

3-Word Mottoes: Today's 3-word motto is Tenax propositi, vinco (English: Firm in purpose, I conquer).

3-Word Proverbs: Today's 3-word proverb is Medice, cura teipsum (English: Physician, heal yourself).

Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Doctrinae cultus spernit nemo, nisi stultus (English: The cultivation of learning is rejected by no one, unless he's a fool).

Vulgate Verse: Today's verse is Sit vestrum est est, non non (James 5:12). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

Elizabethan Proverb Commentary: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Taverner: Iustitia in se virtutem complectitur omnem: Justice compriseth in it al vertue. He that is a perfect righteous or iust man, without question lacketh no vertue.

Today's image is for that story of the fashionable foxes: 41. Vulpes Sine Cauda. In foveam incidit vulpecula et inde, cauda detruncata, occurrit multis vulpeculis. Quas cum indignabunde conspexerat, inquit, “Fraterculi, quo vaditis?” “Ad leonis basilicam eundum est nobis,” respondebant. “Ad leonis basilicam?” inquit vulpes. “Profecto, ego ab ea nuperrime redii, et mos iamiam novellus est ut omnes ferae detruncent caudas.” Quibus auditis, illico detruncabant illae suas caudas. Quas cum vidit vulpes, irrisit et consolabatur se socios, si non periculi, saltem pudoris, creavisse. Solamen miseris est socios habuisse doloris. (source - easy version)

Round-Up: December 18

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. There are notices also at Twitter - look for Aesopus and AesopusEnglish.

HODIE: ante diem quintum decimum Kalendas Ianuarias.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - Orientis Reges Tres (a Latin version of the English carol "We Three Kings of Orient Are"), Nascitur cum Christus (a Latin version of the Polish carol, Gdy się Chrystus rodzi), and Heu! quid jaces stabulo (a 15th-century Latin hymn).

Myths & Legends: The art image for today's legend shows The Seven Against Thebes; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.

OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Musica, Optima Musarum est; reliquis idcirco negatum / Artibus, a Musis musica nomen habet.; and Echo et Speculum, Nil in se, praeter vocem, vitale habet echo. / Ut vivat, speculum non nisi voce caret.. (They each come a vocabulary list!)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Tempore et Loco , Nosse modum tempusque doces, crocodile magister, / Et ventura diu tempora prospicere.; and Nullo Docente Magistro, Utilis attrahitur plantis, at noxius humor / Spernitur; anne homines in sua damna ruent?. (These have vocabulary too!)

VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is IPSE - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: Piger ipse sibi obstat., "The lazy person gets in his own way."

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Ellis' Fables of Avianus and White's Selections from Ovid's Fasti and Epistles .

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Hydra Lernae, another of the labors of Hercules.

FABULAE FACILES: The NEW easy-to-read fable is Haedus et Lupus Fores Pulsans, the story of a wise young goat (this one also has a vocabulary list).

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Mus in Cervisia, the story of the mouse who fell into some beer.

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 181 through Fable 190, including Herinacei et Viperae, the story of some nice vipers and not-very-nice hedgehogs.

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Vidua et Asinus Viridis, a hilarious story about a green donkey, and Vidua et Arator, a story where a farmer finds out what he really needs in his life.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Nux Secundum Viam Sata, a story about how hard it is to be a nut tree.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Eagle and the Snail, the snail doesn't get to the top faster than the eagle, but he does get there!

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

3-Word Mottoes Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Per mille ardua (English: Through a thousand challenges).

Latin Animal Proverb: Today's animal proverb is Pullus de nido avolat (English: The chick flies away from the nest).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Lerna malorum (English: It's a Lerna of troubles - and for an example of the troubles in Lerna, see the story of the Hydra of Lerna above).

Proper Name Proverb from Erasmus: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Sero sapiunt Phryges (English: The Phrygians get wise too late; from Adagia 1.1.28 - the Phrygians here are the Trojans, who should have figured out what was going on before they let that Wooden Horse into the city!).

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἡ κάμηλος ἐπιθυμήσασα κεράτων, καὶ τὰ ὦτα προσαπώλεσεν (English: The camel, asking for horns, lost her ears as well - an allusion to a delightful Aesop's fable).

Tiny Proverbs: Today's tiny proverb is: Hylam vocas (English: You're shouting for Hylas). Hylas, the lover of Heracles, was abducted by nymphs - poor Heracles called and called, but there was no answer, because the nymphs took him! To find out more about Hylas, the lover of Heracles, see this Wikpedia article; for information about the image: image source.

Round-Up: December 16

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. You can keep up with the latest posts by using the RSS feed, or you might prefer to subscribe by email.

HODIE: ante diem septimum decimum Kalendas Ianuarias.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - Primum Noel Cecinit Angelus (a Latin version of "The First Noel"), O Lux Beata Trinitas (a hymn attributed to Saint Ambrose), and Sit Prosperus Iesus Nati (a Latin version of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas").

Myths & Legends: The art image for today's legend shows Ajax and Cassandra; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.

OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Speculum, Fingere non Phidias, nec Apelles pingere motum / Novit: tu Phidia plus et Apelle facis.; and Echo, Vocem nulla potest ars sculpere, pingere nulla. / Sola repercussos exprimit echo sonos.. (They each come a vocabulary list!)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Ne Iurato Quidem, Non nisi desectā credam tibi, scorpio, caudā, / Armaque ni ponas, foedera nulla dabo.; and Expecto Donec Veniat, Frigora fert patiens, spe veris, parva cicada: / Sperat et infestis mens bona semper opem.. (These have vocabulary too!)

VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is ARRIPIO - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: Occasionem arripe, "Seize the opportunity!"

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Theatrum Lyricum and Knatchbull's Kalila and Dimna .

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Leo Nemeae, the story of what is probably Hercules' most famous labor.

FABULAE FACILES: The NEW easy-to-read fable is Fur et Stultus, a hilarious little story about a confident fool and his shoes (and the fable comes with a vocabulary list).

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Harundo et Quercus, a story about being flexible (this one also has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 171 through Fable 180, including Lepus in Puteo et Vulpes, a story about a rabbit who gets stuck in a well and a know-it-all fox.

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Uxor et Vir, Mercatum Facientes, a hilarious little story about a fun-loving husband and wife, and Pater, Filius, et Sclavina, a wonderful story about elder care - a problem then as now.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ursus et Amici Duo, the famous story of two friends who have the bad luck to run into a bear.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Dog and the Quaker, a story about a hypocritical Quaker.

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

Tiny Mottoes: Today's tiny motto is: Non dormio (English: I do not sleep ... not a motto I can claim by any means: I like my sleep!).

3-Word Proverbs Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Sale nihil utilius (English: Nothing is more useful than salt - and remember that in Latin sal means both salt and wit.)

Audio Latin Proverb: Today's audio Latin proverb is In terra caecorum monoculus rex (English: In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Bis interimitur, qui suis armis perit (English: Someone who dies by his own weapons dies twice over ... and, sad to say, we are often our own worst enemies, with real weapons, or metaphorical ones).

Animal Proverb from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Virum improbum vel mus mordeat (English: Even a mouse will bite a wicked man; from Adagia 1.8.96).

For an image today, here is an illustration for the story about the bear: 135. Ursus et Amici Duo. Duo amici una faciunt iter. Occurrit in itinere ursus. Alter arborem conscendit et periculum evitat; alter, cum meminisset illam bestiam cadavera non attingere, humi sese prosternit animamque continet, se mortuum esse simulans. Accedit ursus, contrectat iacentem, os suum ad hominis os auresque admovet, cadaver esse ratus, discedit. Postea, cum socius quaereret quidnam ei ursus dixisset in aurem, respondit, “Monuit ne confiderem amico, cuius fidem adverso tempore non essem expertus.” Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. (source)

Round-Up: December 14

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I'm using Google+ a lot these days - are there any of you I should look for there?

HODIE: ante diem undevicesimum Kalendas Ianuarias.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - O Sanctissima (a song famously sung by Bing Crosby in The Bells of Saint Mary's), A Solis Ortus Cardine (a song with words by the 5th-century Christian poet Sedulius), and Jesus Minimulus (a Latin version of the Polish carol, Jezus Malusieńki).

Myths & Legends: The art image for today's legend shows Scylla; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.

OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Virtutis Laus, Solis ut, in solo motu, constantia constat, / Constans virtutis vis in agendo sita.; and Lyra, In tam diversis cum sit concordia chordis, / Tam discors hominum non pudet esse genus?. (They each come a vocabulary list!)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Perseverando, Quid non perficiat labor improbus? Aspicis, arbor / Ut cadat a morsu castoris assiduo.; and Diarii Omnes, Extremum statuas ut quemlibet esse dierum, / Fida tibi monitrix hemerocallis erit.. (These have vocabulary too!)

VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is AQUA - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: Tempora labuntur more fluentis aquae, "The times slip by in the manner of flowing water."

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Flowers of Fable and The New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages .

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Hannibal in Italiam, the famous story of Hannibal crossing the Alps.

FABULAE FACILES: The NEW easy-to-read fable is Canis et Vultur, the story of a greedy dog and the punishment of his greed (and the fable comes with a vocabulary list).

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Cancer et Filius Eius, a story about parental hypocrisy among the crabs (this one also has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 161 through Fable 170, including Lepus Cornua Cupiens, the sad story who wanted to have horns as big as those of the stag.

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Fur et Paterfamilias, a story about a man who snoozes instead of protecting his home, and Pueruli Duo Fratres, a story about two little boys and how hard it is to share cookies!

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Leo et Equus, a story of how the horse escaped from the lion's clutches.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Cat and The Fox, a story in which the fox is too clever for its own good!

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

3-Word Mottoes: Today's 3-word motto is Vivamus atque amemus (English: Let us live and love).

3-Word Proverbs: Today's 3-word proverb is Par pari referto (English: Pay back like for like).

Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Laudatur nummus, quasi rex super omnia summus (English: Cash is praised as if it were the greatest king of all things).

Vulgate Verse: Today's verse is Discite benefacere; quaerite iudicium (Isaiah 1:17). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

Elizabethan Proverb Commentary: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Conybeare: Aquilae senectus: A proverbe spoken of an olde man, which drincketh more than he eateth.

Today's image is for that story of the crabs: 586. Cancer et Filius Eius. Cancer dicebat filio, “Mi fili, ne sic obliquis semper gressibus incede, sed recta via perge.” Cui ille “Mi pater,” respondit, “libenter tuis praeceptis obsequar, si te prius idem facientem videro.” (source - easy version)

Round-Up: December 12

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. There are notices also at Twitter - look for Aesopus and AesopusEnglish.

HODIE: pridie Idus Decembres.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - Musicus Parvulus (a Latin version of "Little Drummer Boy"), Avia Renone Calcabatur (not one but two Latin versions of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"), and Personent Hodie (a medieval Latin hymn for the season).

MYTHS & LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Menelaus and Hector fighting over the corpse of Euphorbus; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.

OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Nemo Laeditur Nisi A Seipso, Criminis est nemo, nemo discriminis expers; / Nos in discrimen crimina nempe vocant; and Exercitus, Gens ingens fidei malefida, immanis, amansque / Caedis, et humano sanguine tincta manus. (They each come a vocabulary list!)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Morte Medetur, Vivens mortem homini instillo, moriensque medelam: / Quam mira alternant vitaque morsque vice! (the emblem features a scorpion), and Saevit In Omnes, Plures lutra necat pisces, quam condat in alvum: / Sic rabie tumidus saeva tyrannus agit. (These have vocabulary too!)

VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is VENIO - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: Multi ad fatum venere suum, dum fata timent, "Many people have come to their fatal end while they fear their fate."

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Keith-Falconer's Kalilah and Dimnah and Bent's Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men .

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Utrum Anchilles an Homerus , which is Themistocles' reply to the question about whether he would prefer to have been Achilles or Homer.

FABULAE FACILES: The NEW easy-to-read fable is Apes et Pastor, a story about the high price the shepherd would have to pay for his honey (and the fable comes with a vocabulary list).

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Corvus Aquilam Imitans, the story of the crow inspired to act like an eagle (this one also has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 151 through Fable 160, including Cervus et Amici Eius, the story of the stag whose friends were worse than enemies.

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Arbores Duae, a fable about the dangers of overprotective nurturing, and Rosa et Amarantus, a story about the rose's brief beauty.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Testudo et Iuppiter, the story of the turtle who was late for Jupiter's wedding.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Captured Weasel, a fable that dates back to Roman times, when the Romans kept weasels around the house to control the mice, before people started keeping cats.

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

Tiny Proverbs: Today's tiny proverb is: Fluctus numeras (English: You are counting the waves - one of those proverbial fool's errands).

3-Word Mottoes Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Absque virtute nihil (English: Without excellence, nothing).

Latin Animal Proverb: Today's animal proverb is Fele absente, mures choreas ducunt (English: When the cat is away, the mice dance).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Leges bonae ex malis moribus procreantur (English: Good laws are born of bad habits).

Proper Name Proverb from Erasmus: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Harmodii cantilena (English: The song of Harmodius; from Adagia 2.10.93 - this refers to something utterly sad, such as the song Aristogeiton sang upon the death of his lover Harmodius, before he, too, died in the famous assassination attempt on the tyrants Hippias and Hipparchus).

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Τέφραν φεύγων, εἰς ἀνθρακιὰν ἔπεσον (English: Fleeing the ashes, I fell into the hot coals).

For an image today, here is that ambitious crow: 431. Corvus Aquilam Imitans. Aquila, celsa de rupe devolans, agnum e grege eripuit. Quod cum corvus videt, aemulatione movetur. Vehementi strepitu, in arietem irruit atque ungues in vellere ita implicat ut se iam motu alarum nequeat explicare. Hunc pastor videns, prehendit; pennis alarum succisis, pueris praebet ludibrio. Ingemens, corvus secum ait, “Hei mihi! Prius, aquilam me esse putavi; nunc vero, me corvum esse cognosco.” (source - easy version)

New Widget: Greco-Roman Myths and Legends

I took a couple of days off here at the Bestiaria for two reasons: to finish up my Fall semester classes (yeah!!!), and also to create a new widget I have been wanting to make for a while - a widget with a Greek or Roman myth or legend for every day, illustrated with artwork from Wikipedia, Web Gallery of Art and also from the ArtMagick site (a great source for pre-Raphaelite art). It took a while - partly through my own fault because I found 600 works of art I wanted to use, ha ha, and then had to winnow it down to 366.

Anyway, I've now got the widget ready to go, and it's ready to share, too. You can add the widget anywhere that javascript is accepted - your own webpage, a PBWorks or Wikispaces wiki, a Blogger.com blog, etc. There's a random version (see below; a new myth or legend each time you reload the page), either 400 or 200 pixels wide, and there is also a date-based version. For more information and links to the actual javascript code, see the Myths & Legends Reference Page. If you are reading this via RSS or in an email, you will need to actually visit the blog post to see the script in action.

So, I hope you all will enjoy this - I will be including information about the myth or legend of the day in the Bestiaria round-ups. Meanwhile, the round-ups will be back in action again on Monday! :-)

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Round-Up: December 8

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. You can keep up with the latest posts by using the RSS feed, or you might prefer to subscribe by email.

HODIE: ante diem sextum Idus Decembres.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - Gaudium Mundo (a Latin version of Isaac Watts' "Joy to the World" carol), Quae Stella Sole Pulchrior (sometimes rendered in English as "What Star is This, with Beams so Bright?"), and Adeste Fideles (an 18th century Latin hymn best known in English as "O Come, All Ye Faithful").

OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Secretum Amoris, Rarus amatur amans: ut amere, inamabilis esto / Omnibus. A nulla vis ut ameris? Ama.; and Palliatus et Togatus, Palliatus: Longius a terra quam nos sunt pallia nostra. / Togatus: Verro toga terram, mens super astra volat. (They each come a vocabulary list!)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Atris Obscura Tenebris, Heu mortale genus, ceu talpae, lumine captum, / Caelesti donec restituatur ope.; and Modo Vita Supersit, Ut vivat castor sibi testes amputat ipse; / Tu quoque, si qua nocent, abiice: tutus eris. (These have vocabulary too!)

VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is SED - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: Non sibi, sed mundo, "Not for oneself, but for the world."

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Cholodniak's Carmina Sepulcralia Latina and Harbottle's Dictionary of Quotations .

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Memoria et Oblivio , an anecdote about the Greek general and politician, Themistocles.

FABULAE FACILES: The NEW easy-to-read fable is Mors et Senex, a "memento mori" type of fable (and the fable comes with a vocabulary list).

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Fortuna et Puer, a story about how people trying to blame "bad luck" for mistakes that are their own fault (this one also has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 141 through Fable 150, including Camelus et Iuppiter, the famous story of the camel who wanted horns.

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Phoebus et Iris, about the proud rainbow, and Amnis et Fons, about the need to be grateful to those who give to you generously.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Fur et Mater Eius, the story of a thief who blamed his mother for his life of crime.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Boy and the Goldfinch, a story about an unhappy bird in a gilded cage.

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

Tiny Mottoes: Today's tiny motto is: Virtute cresco (English: Through virtue I grow).

3-Word Proverbs Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Tussis pro crepitu (English: A cough to cover a fart)

Audio Latin Proverb: Today's audio Latin proverb is Durum ad nutum alterius ambulare (English: It is a hard thing to walk according to someone else's nod). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Ubi peccat aetas maior, male discit minor (English: When the older generation makes mistakes, the younger learns a bad lesson).

Animal Proverb from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Octipedem excitas (English: You're rousing the eight-legged creature - which is not the octopus; the eight-legged creature referred to here is the scorpion; from Adagia 1.1.63).

For an image today, here is that ambitious camel: 143. Camelus et Iuppiter. Camelus, se despiciens, querebatur tauros ire geminis cornibus insignes, se inermem obiectum esse ceteris animalibus; orat Iovem cornua sibi donare. Iuppiter cameli stultitiam ridet; nec modo negat votum, verum et decurtat bestiae auriculas. Quisque sit contentus sua Fortuna; etenim multi, meliorem secuti, peiorem incurrere. (source)

Round-Up: December 6

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I'm using Google+ a lot these days - are there any of you I should look for there?

HODIE: ante diem octavum Idus Decembres.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - O Viri, Este Hilares (a Latin version of "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen"), Angelus ad Virginem (a widely popular Latin song of the Middle Ages), and Dies est Laetitiae (another medieval Latin hymn).

OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Oculi Reipublicae, Lex et religio iunxerunt foedera, pravas / Haec hominum mentes comprimit, illa manus; and In Quendam Grammaticastrum, Grammaticus bonus, nil praeter grammata nosti. / Scis praeter literas nihil, literatus homo es. (They each come a vocabulary list!)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Phoenix (this is actually one of Bornitz's emblems), Ut moriar, vivo, moriorque, ut postmodo vivam; / Nam cinere exusto mox redivivus ero; and Uni Salus, Alteri Pernicies, Ut rosa mors, scarabaee, tibi est, apis una voluptas: / Virtus, grata bonis, est inimica malis. (These have vocabulary too!)

VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is DUO - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: E duobus malis, eligendum est minus, "Choose the lesser of two evils."

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Harbottle's Dictionary of Quotations and Foreign Phrases in Daily Use.

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Agricola et Canis Eius, a story about a dog who saves his owner's life.

FABULAE FACILES: The NEW easy-to-read fable is Poeta et Agricola, a story about the meaning of solitude (and the fable comes with a vocabulary list).

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Avarus et Poma Marcescentia, a hilarious story about a miser, his son, and an apple orchard (this one also has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 131 through Fable 140, including Panthera et Rustici, a story about a justice-dispensing panther.

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Remi et Clavus, a story with talking oars and a talking tiller, and Iuppiter, Terra, et Mare, a creation story involving Jupiter himself.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Medicus et Mortuus, a story about a doctor with 20/20 hindsight.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Bear and the Fox, a story in which the fox rebukes the bear for being a hypocrite.

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

3-Word Mottoes: Today's 3-word motto is Dum vivo, spero (English: While I live, I hope).

3-Word Proverbs: Today's 3-word proverb is Omnes terra sumus (English: We are all earth).

Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Vivamus puri, quasi simus cras morituri (English: Let us live a pure life, as if we were going to die tomorrow).

Vulgate Verse: Today's verse is Petite, et dabitur vobis (Matt. 7:7). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

Elizabethan Proverb Commentary: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Conybeare: Ede nasturtium: Is applied to a dull and a grosse person, and for as muche as Nasturtium called cresses being eaten doth make the nose tinckle, and thereby causeth the dull spirites to wake, therefore by this proverbe ys ment, pluck up thie spirites, or awake dullarde or luske.

For an image today, here is that story of the know-it-all doctor: 899. Medicus et Mortuus. Medicus aegrotum curabat. Cum hic autem obiisset, ille ad efferentes dicebat, “Vir iste, si vino abstinuisset clysteribusque usus esset, profecto minime interiisset.” Tum quidam ex iis, qui aderant, protinus respondens, “Haud nunc,” ait, “O praeclare, oportebat ista te dicere cum iuvare nihil possunt, sed tunc aegrotum de his admonere debebas, cum uti poterat.” (source)

Round-Up: December 4

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. There are notices also at Twitter - look for Aesopus and AesopusEnglish.

HODIE: pridie Nonas Decembres, the day before the Nones of December.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - Aquifolia Ornate (a Latin version of "Deck the Halls"), Angeli Canunt Praecones (a Latin version of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"), and Puer Nobis Nascitur (a 15th-century Latin hymn).

OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Patientia Amatoria, Vis voto potiaris amans? Patiaris: oportet, / Si vis in dulci vivere pace, pati.; and Prudens Simplicitas, Ut nulli nocuisse velis, imitare columbam, / Serpentem, ut possit nemo nocere tibi. (They each come a vocabulary list!)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Vita Tamen Superest, Vivacis succi ut plantam hanc mirantur et ornant, / Sic homines praestant dotibus ingenii.; and Aeque Tandem, Tardigrada assequitur cygnos testudo volucres; / Assiduus quo non scit penetrare labor? (These have vocabulary too!)

SCALA SAPIENTIAE: Today you can find sayings that go up to Diederich frequency ranking 193 - so the proverbs contain nothing but words found among the 193 most commonly used words in Latin. Here is one of the items in today's list: Res ipsa loquitur, "The thing speaks for itself."

VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is SUB - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: Sub sole nihil perfectum, "There is nothing perfect under the sun."

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Tappan's Folk Stories and Fables and Walsh's International Encyclopedia of Prose and Poetical Quotations.

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Nasica et Ennius, a funny little story about the poet Ennius and an unwelcome visit from Scipio Nasica.

FABULAE FACILES: The NEW easy-to-read fable is Gallus et Ancillae, a great story about a rooster, some maids, and unintended consequences (and the fable comes with a vocabulary list).

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Ursa et Vulpes, a story about a fox and a hypocritical bear (this one also has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 121 through Fable 130, including Simiae Saltantes, a story about the king of Egypt and his dancing monkeys.

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Heros in Somnio, a story about a man who is making excessive religious sacrifices, and Rusticus, Canis, et Iurisconsultus, a story about a farmer who tries, and fails, to get the better of a very slick lawyer.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Larus et Milvus, a story about an unfortunate seagull.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Ass Carrying Relics, a funny story about a self-important donkey.

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

Tiny Proverbs: Today's tiny proverb is: Roma aeterna (English: Rome is eternal).

3-Word Mottoes Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Fideliter et diligenter (English: Faithfully and diligently).

Latin Animal Proverb: Today's animal proverb is Si fuit hic asinus, non ibi fiet equus (English: If he was a donkey here, he will not become a horse there).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Homo sapiens tacebit usque ad tempus (English: A man who is wise will be silent until the right time).

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Μωμήσεται μᾶλλον ἢ μιμήσεται (English: It's easier to criticize than imitate - and note the nice play on words in the Greek: μωμήσεται and μιμήσεται).

Proper Name Proverb from Erasmus: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Alterum pedem in cymba Charontis habet (English: He's got the other foot in the skiff of Charon - meaning, he's all but dead; from Adagia 2.1.52). For an image to go with Erasmus's proverb, here's Michelangelo's Charon: OUCH!

Round-Up: December 2

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. You can keep up with the latest posts by using the RSS feed, or you might prefer to subscribe by email.

HODIE: ante diem quartum Nonas Decembres.

GAUDIUM MUNDO: Here are some Latin holiday songs for you to enjoy - Angeli Canunt Praecones (a Latin version of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"), O Abies! (a Latin version of the German "O Tannenbaum"), and Resonet in Laudibus (a popular 14th-century Latin hymn).

OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Harmonia, Inter dissimiles voces concordia maior / Quam similes: hominem vir mulierque facit.; and Ovis, Seu caro, seu corium, foetus, fimus, alea, chorda, / Lanave, lacve deest, omnia praestat ovis.. (They each come a vocabulary list!)

CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Sine Iniuria, Quae multis prosint, sapiens fert, colligit, auget: / Ut varios flores sedula libat apis.; and Domus Optima, Est sua cuique domus tutissimus usque receptus; / Hanc ceu testudo femina casta colat.. (These have vocabulary too!)

SCALA SAPIENTIAE: Today you can find sayings that go up to Diederich frequency ranking 189 - so the proverbs contain nothing but words found among the 189 most commonly used words in Latin. Here is one of the items in today's list: Dies diem docet, "One day teaches another" (the mistakes you made today teach you to do better tomorrow!).

VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is MEREO - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: Amittit merito proprium qui alienum appetit, "He who seeks what belongs to another rightfully loses his own."

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Gaisford's Joannis Stobaei Florilegium (Volume 4 contains the Latin version by Grotius!) and Stobaeus' Loci Communes Sacri et Profani (this is a 16th-century bilingual Greek-Latin edition).

TODAY'S FABLES & STORIES:

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Regulus, the story of the legendary Roman general.

FABULAE FACILES: The NEW easy-to-read fable is Servus Nihil Faciens, a funny little joke about "doing nothing," ha ha (and the fable comes with a vocabulary list).

FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Asinus et Grammaticus, a hilarious story found in Abstemius (this one also has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 111 through Fable 120, including Simius Iudex, Serpens, et Vir, a fable that is very much like the Indian fable of "The Tiger, The Jackal and The Brahmin."

NEW MILLE FABULAE: The NEW fables with images are Simonides Naufragus, a story about a poet who "sings for his supper," and Venditor Simulacri, a story about a statue of Mercury for sale.

MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Cera Lateri Invidens, a fabulous story about an ambitious lump of wax.

AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Aged Horse, a story about the indignities of old age.

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS:

Tiny Mottoes: Today's tiny motto is: Tuebor (English: I will keep protect).

3-Word Proverbs Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Optima medicina temperantia (English: Moderation is the best medicine)

Audio Latin Proverb: Today's audio Latin proverb is Elephantem saltare doces (English: You're teaching an elephant to dance). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Res quanto est maior, tanto est insidiosior (English: The bigger the business, the bigger the pitfalls).

Animal Proverb from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Quam curat testudo muscam (English: As much as a turtle worries about a fly - which is to say not at all, since the turtle can just disappear inside her shell; from Adagia 2.8.100).

For an image today, here is a mosaic from the Villa Piazza Armeria in Sicily to go with the story of the lazy slave: 955. Servus Nihil Faciens. Vir quidam verberibus castigabat servum maxime ob pigritiam. Hic clamare coepit, “Cur me verberas? Nihil enim feci.” At “Propter id ipsum,” respondit herus, “te verbero, quod nihil fecisti.” (source - easy version)