HODIE: ante diem tertium Kalendas Decembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Odysseus and Nausicaa; 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: Tuebor (English: I will keep watch).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Non sibi solum (English: Not for oneself alone)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Victrix fortunae sapientia (English: Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune). 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: Res quanto est maior, tanto est insidiosior (English: The bigger the business, the bigger the trap).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Canes timidi vehementius latrant (English: Dogs that are scared bark more loudly; from Adagia 3.7.100).
BREVISSIMA: The distich for today is Amor Amarus: Nil amor est aliud nisi tristis et aegra voluptas; / Nil nisi dulce malum, nil nisi triste bonum.
And here is today's proverbial lolcat:
TODAY'S FABLES:
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Golden Eggs, the story of the famous, and unfortunate, goose.
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Apes et Iuppiter, a story about how the bee got its sting.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Asinus Res Sacras Portans , the wonderful story of a self-important ass (this fable has a vocabulary list).
