HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Idus Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Leda and the Swan; 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: Sperandum (English: We must have hope).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Nihil maius infinito (English: There is nothing greater than the infinite)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Arcum nimia frangit intensio (English: Too much tension breaks the bow). 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: Bona nemini hora est, ut non alicui sit mala (English: Nobody has a good time which is not bad for somebody).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Non curat numerum lupus (English: The wolf doesn't care about the number of flock - in other words, you can count your sheep all you want, but that will not put a stop to the wolf's predations; from Adagia 2.4.99).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Consilium Non Post Facta, Sed Ante. Click here for a full-sized view; the poem has a vocabulary list and an English translation, too.
And here is today's proverbial lolcat:
TODAY'S FABLES AND SONGS:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Ollae Duae, the story of a mismatch friendship between two pots (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Hercules et Rusticus, a wonderful story of how god helps them that help themselves.
GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἁ δὲ χεὶρ την χεῖρα νίζει. Manus manum lavat. One hand washes the other.
