HODIE: ante diem sextum Idus Octobres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Heracles and the Cattle of Geryon; 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: Superba frango (English: I shatter proud things).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Dubium sapientiae initium (English: Doubt is the beginning of wisdom)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Post nubila Phoebus (English: After clouds, the sun). 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: Virtuti melius quam fortunae creditur (English: It's better to trust in your character than in your luck).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Mustelae crocoton (English: Like a wedding dress for a weasel; from Adagia 1.2.72 - as the weasel was a proverbial spinster, a wedding dress was something a weasel never needed, so this proverb refers to something inappropriate or unsuitable).
BREVISSIMA: The distich for today is Tibi Facient Rursum: Quae facies matri, faciet tua filia rursum, / Filius et faciet, quod facis omne patri.
And here is today's proverbial lolcat:
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Canis et Umbra, the famous story of the dog fooled by his own reflection.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Miser and His Gold, a story about a miser who's been robbed.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Ursus et Apes, the story of a bear with a very bad temper (this fable has a vocabulary list).
