HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem sextum decimum Kalendas Iulias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Prometheus Bound; 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: Invictus maneo (English: I remain unconquered - or Invicta maneo, for us ladyfolk).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Humani nihil alienum (English: Nothing of mankind is alien to me)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Libri muti magistri sunt (English: Books are mute teachers). 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: Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro (English: he greedy soul is satisfied by no amount of profit).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Tunc canent cygni, cum tacebunt graculi. (English: When the jackdaws fall silent, the swans will sing; from Adagia 3.3.97 - the jackdaws, of course, are always making noise!).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Parentes Dilige. Click here for a full-sized view; the poem has a vocabulary list and an English translation, too.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Equus Circensis Molae Iugatus, the sad story of the old racehorse (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Simius Glorians et Vulpecula, in which the fox, of course, makes fun of the boastful monkey!
Greek Bible Art - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my Greek Bible Art graphics; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀφεῖλεν τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ. interfecit eum, praeciditque caput eius. He slew him and cut off his head.
