HODIE: ante diem septimum decimum Kalendas Octobres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Orpheus and Eurydice; 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: Studiis invigilandum (English: We should stay awake, studying).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Verae amicitiae sempiternae (English: True friendships are eternal)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Excelsior! (English: Higher!). 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: Perdidisse honeste mallem quam accepisse turpiter (English: I'd rather have lost everything honestly than to have ill-gotten gains).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Totus echinus asper (English: The whole hedgehog is prickly; from Adagia 2.9.59).
BREVISSIMA: The distich for today is Iudex Sibi: Cum te aliquis laudat, iudex tuus esse memento; / Plus aliis de te quam tu tibi credere noli.
And here is today's proverbial lolcat:
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Canis Vetulus et Magister, a story about an old dog his ungrateful master.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is Jove's Cask, which is Aesop's version of the story of Pandora and her box - without Pandora.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Asinus et Tympana, the sad story of the donkey who got beaten even after he was dead (this fable has a vocabulary list).
