HODIE: ante diem quintum Idus Septembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Thetis Consoling Achilles; 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: Perseveranti dabitur (English: To the one who perseveres, it will be given).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Omnia possibilia credenti (English: All things are possible for one who believes)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Asinus asellum culpat (English: The donkey finds fault with the jackass). 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: Animo imperato, ne tibi animus imperet (English: Keep your feelings under control, so that your feelings do not control you).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Aquilam noctuae comparas (English: You're comparing an eagle to an owl; from Adagia 1.9.18).
BREVISSIMA: The distich for today is Iudicium Populi: Iudicium populi numquam contempseris unus, / Ne nulli placeas, dum vis contemnere multos.
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TODAY'S FABLES:
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Two Wallets, the story of our virtues and our vices.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Graculus et Avarus, a wonderful fable about a greedy human and a thieving bird (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Asinus Res Sacras Portans, the story of a self-important donkey.
