HODIE: ante diem undevicesimum Kalendas Septembres
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Hylas and the Nymphs; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.

TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Animose certavi (English: I have contended courageously).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Diluculo surgere saluberrimum (English: It is most healthy to rise at dawn)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Amici nec multi nec nulli (English: Friends: not many, not none). 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: Cito ignominia fit superbi gloria (English: The glory of a boastful man soon turns to disgrace).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Rana gyrina sapientior (English: The frog is wiser than the tadpole; from Adagia 2.1.34).
BREVISSIMA: The distich for today is Quod Paravit Virtus, Retinebis: Et Natura suum repetit, Fortunaque tollit / Quando libet; Virtus quae dedit, illa manent.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Serpens et Filius Eius, the story of how a serpent becomes a dragon (this fable has a vocabulary list).
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Famished Dogs, the story of the foolish dogs who tried to drink a river.
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Haedus in Tecto et Lupus, the story of a little kid who insults the wolf from the rooftop.